BACK AT FADIBEK, 253 not only do the stiff stalks strike sharply as they rebound, but they also rain down a constant shower-bath from their panicles. I procured some ducks for the cooking-pot on the Languello hill, and also took a series of compass bearings of the surrounding mountain peaks. We then proceeded to Khor Bagger, which, though much swollen, could be crossed by swimming; but when we prepared to stay there for the night, neither wood nor bamboo could be found for hutbuilding, and ‘so we had to continue our march until we reached the place where we had stayed on the first night of our outward journey. We arrived there in rather more than three hours, having thus been marching for eight hours forty-five minutes altogether, and at a rate exceeding two and a half miles an hour, whilst: on the outward journey the same distance took us ten hours. We saw small troops of buffaloes on our way, and two extremely large snakes—not pythons—which we did not succeed in catching. The rain, which had been so excessive at Fajuli, did not seem to have extended to this place, for the ground was hard and dry. We had no view from Jebel Abayo, but that is usually the case at midday, when the distant mountains are veiled in mist. Having changed our porters, we kept mainly to our old path, and reached our station at Fadibék, where, however, we are only to have one day’s rest.

3. From Fapiskk vr4 OBpo To LABORE.

THE VILLAGE OF MADI—THE SO-CALLED MADI PEAK—IN THE FANYIQUARA DISTRICT—ABUNDANCE OF STREAMS—THE FAGGAR-KEREFI ROAD.

WE followed the path we had traversed last year as far as the village of Agoro, which is situated among picturesque rocks and luxuriant verdure. Every now and then we saw the peak of a high mountain due north, but no one could tell me its name. It was said to be in the Bari country. The village of Madi appeared even more neglected than last year, when it was at least hedged round with a bamboo fence. The pre-