BUFI TO RUMBEK. 328 very beautiful and well-kept hands. Save for a girdle round her waist, she was perfectly nude. In her right nostril there was a highly polished iron nail with a broad head, and with this exception, she wore no ornaments. Her frisure was, on account of the circumstances, dressed in the fashion in vogue here, and her chignon was transformed into a number of curls and rolls, which reached down to her shoulders. It was delightful to see with what ease she entered my hut, took a chair and sat down, whilst the dragoman, her brother-in-law, who accompanied her, was obliged to stand. It is very easy to recognise the different social positions of the women here by their behaviour.

4. From Buri To RuMBEK.

KERIMU—A BAND OF MUSICIANS—BUTTERFLIES—PONCET’S OLD ZER{BA— THE YALO CATARACTS—FERTILITY OF THE LESI COUNTRY — PILE-DWELLINGS OF THE LOFI—CHIEF DOJERA, A HERCULES—THE AGAR COUNTRY—AYAK A NEST OF SLAVE-DEALERS—THE ANIMAL WORLD— FORDING THE YALO.

WE had to march for about a quarter of an hour up-stream before reaching the ford, where the “ good road” was said to begin. The water there only reached just up to the breast, so that the passage of the river (260 feet broad) was accomplished with considerable rapidity. The road then led over a difficult stretch of stiff mud, which could not be passed without considerable disarrangement to the toilet; this was followed by the swamp of Tunjuru, which was covered by high grass and stretched out to a distance of nearly a mile on either hand. The muddy gutter through which we waded was very deep in some places, and caused many an amusing scene. After passing through some cultivated land and by a number of isolated homesteads, then through several swamps and swampy “hors, the road led over a monotonous district covered by steppe wood or acacia bushes, until we reached a welcome resting-place near a large mass of gneiss. Although an extensive view is obtained from the top, it unfortunately provided nothing of interest with