204 GONDOKORO TO OBBO.

the latter have been on the whole faithfully described by Baker. Their weapons, their passion for the chase, and the continual feuds which decimate the country have also been referred to by him.

Tarangole does not by any means lie due east of Okkela and Léronio, but considerably more to the south than either of them. From here to Agaru we traversed country yet untrodden by any traveller. The entire distance 1s twenty-two hours forty-one minutes good march, and, as we could only march four hours and a half the first day, the journey was accomplished in four days, each day’s march including a rest for the porters, lasting from 5.30 A.M to 1.30 P.M. On the first of these marches we crossed Khor Koz twice, and reached the village of Hhanga, where, in the large durrah-fields close to the road, we saw a number of clay vessels filled with human bones. At the second ford, called Churchur, friable whiteveined granite lies at the edge of the chor, a large dense wood of doléb and dum palms covers the bank, and the melon-like smell of the orange-coloured doléb fruit is perceptible at some distance. Throughout Latuka the doléb palms form in places regular woods, and in the fruit season they provide the natives with food in various forms for about two or three months. I was surprised to find the dum palm (Hyphiene thebaica) so far south as this, for on the Bahr-el-Jebel it is not found to the south of lat. 5° 30’ N., and from there to the southern frontier of Uganda it is never seen.

At the village of Loggurén, which is situated like a fort upon a hill, the road branched off to Logere, Kuron, and Irenga; unfortunately, I was not able to follow it. The country near Jebel Ghattal has a heavy red clay soil, and was covered with industrious workers clearing away stones from among the young crops. As the land slopes very much, and, after the slightest rain, rushing brooks roar down over the rocks from the mountains, all the fields are surrounded with hedges of straw and hay, which afford some protection. The scenery is very fine, cultivated land alternating with park land and crags. ‘The valley before us narrowed more and more, the mountain groups of Ghattal, Dongotolo, and Bayango on our left, and the long, lofty Lomu range on our