A DESERTED COUNTRY. 267 prophylactic for all sorts of skin disease. I did not see any domestic animals, but the huts in the Shuli and in some parts of the Madi district are infested with bugs.

The clear weather that followed the storm enabled us to get a good view of the Latuka range, which is quite Alpine in character, and contains elevations rising probably to 4000 feet. The Shuli call the whole chain ‘ Ablenyim,” from nyim, sesame, and ab/é, wanting, because the inhabitants possess very little sesame, and obtain their supplies from the Shuli country.

Besides this nickname, each portion of the long chain has probably a name of its own.

The road from Fanto wound in a long curve, skirting the mountain group of Adodi and leading through several clear-_ ings, which, to judge from the presence of some straggling durrah and sesame plants, must have been at one time under cultivation. We then ascended, between parallel ranges of hills, to the prettily situated village of Laguerion, which name has quite a French sound, owing to the nasal pronunciation of the on. The village of Yuaia, where our Madi porters turned back and were replaced by Shuli, belongs to the district of Farajék. Obbo lies to the north of this place, Labongo to the south, Fallibék to the south-west, Fadibék to the south-east, and Madi to the east-south-east. The station of Fadibék stands on Mount Latjiet, which is distinguished by its double peak, and lies almost due south-east. The chief of the little village kindly presented me with three baskets of flour, and expressed his devotion to me by lifting my hands alternately, then turning them round, licking the palms and wiping them with his hand, while all the time his face wore an expression of the greatest delight. The frisures and ornaments of the people correspond exactly to the description I gave previously. Every one has his under-lip pierced, and wears in it polished quartz pins, brass cylinders, or straws.

Fortunately, little dew fell at night, so that the porters were more willing to start early, as they had not the prospect of a cold bath. Khor Limur, which we reached after a very tiring march through thickets of reeds and rushes, possesses good pure water, a pleasant contrast to that which we had been drinking for two days, which was a thin solution of dirt and