FADIBEK,. 269 of extraction by fire, the Bari country produces no honey at all, and the eastern part of the Madi country but little. On the other hand, the whole of the Shuli country abounds in good white honey, owing to the practice of hanging the beehives upon the trees. In Unyoro, where cylinders of bark are used instead of baskets, the honey is also good, and has a fine aromatic flavour; perhaps the elevation of the country has some effect upon it.

The rest of the way to Fadibék was rather picturesque; cultivated fields alternated with thin acacia woods, scattered boulders and small swampy channels bordered by rank vegetation, until we reached a high towering rock, against which was situated the village of Agoro, surrounded by | luxuriant crops and girt with dark masses of foliage. The Shuli usually choose picturesque sites for their villages. <A short descent brought us to the station of Fadibék, which is built here upon a low hill.

The Government formerly possessed here a flourishing, wellsituated, and healthy station (Fadibék is more than 3000 feet high), but when Gordon Pasha, from motives of economy, gave orders for the evacuation of all the southern stations, this also had to be abandoned, although its revenue in ivory far surpassed the yearly expenses. Since that time, the chief, Agudk, repeatedly requested that a station occupied by regular soldiers might be erected near him, and had brought ivory to Fatiko as a present. His wishes were readily complied with, for the new Governor-General has no -objection to the erection of stations, provided they cover their expenses, and this new station is prospering very well, on account of the active assistance of the Negroes, and promises to become one of the finest in our province.

We failed to procure guides here to Agaru, which lies about a day and a half’s march to the north-east, owing to the aversion of the people to the inhabitants of that country, where a small station is about to be built for the collection of produce from Irenga and Turkan. The road to the south-east passes through Labongo, Fallibék, and Fajulli to Fatanga, near Jebel Lira, where another station is in course of erection, with the object of opening up the Lango districts. Unfortu-