262 LABORE TO FATIKO.

wards, and, like the Soymida, are quite ornaments to the forest. The fruit is the size of a small apple, and enclosed in a hard, woody shell. Jebel Remo, the slopes of which are scantily wooded, stood out here in a very imposing manner.

The small districts which surround this place are as follows: —Fanyiquara, Fandikér, Falibék, Vorolo, Takalla, Bongo, the last being inhabited by Shuli. Next to the river he Yodazi, Dana, Pimeto, Ibi, and Bari. From an ant-hill in the fields Jebel Labilla (Abu Sala) was indistinctly seen to the south-east, and the mountains of Obbo to the north-north-east. Drinkingwater is obtained here from wells, the nearest Khor being at some distance. Extensive fields of sesame, eleusine, and hibiscus were succeeded by open forest, while mountain groups still appeared to the left, in the front of the road. Khor Iti was next reached ; it is rather narrow, but carries down a rapid torrent of water to the larger Khor Atappi. Its upper course was marked for a short distance on our left by a row of trees. We turned away from it, and then passed between high hills, having on our left the isolated hill of Itiagd, and on our right the long ridge of Lofurri. The path was overgrown by wild grass and isolated clumps of bamboo. ‘Taking a south-westerly direction, we marched through well-cultivated fields containing ornamental groups of beautiful trees. The pretty Pogonorhynchus Rollets and, in the corn-fields, the harlequin quail (Cotwrniw Delegorguet) were frequently met with.

This district is called Bari. Upon a height above Khor Iti lies the large village of Anyisori, in the midst of garden-like surroundings, its numerous homesteads covering the country far and wide. A striking contrast was presented by the desolate hilly country, overgrown with high grass and dense brushwood, which we entered, after a short rest in the village. Here troops of elephants were busy gathering mabbak (the fruit of the Zizyphus). <A very difficult road through briars and grass, with ridges of granite running across it, brought us at last to the large Khor Atappi, which we forded with ease, as it had not rained for a long time. It is a fine channel, about sixty feet broad and five feet deep, and above the ferry it flows with a strong current almost due west. Dense forest and bushes of Zizygium adorned the high banks; granite blocks, felspar, and