A REFRESHING BATH. 357 by slabs of stone arranged in a circle, so as to support a larger slab, thus forming a kind of table. The care which the Mittu and Kederu devote to their graves constitutes a fine trait in the character of these tribes, who differ in this respect very favourably from the Bari and Dinka.

The ground beyond Mollo presents features which vividly recall the Makraka road. Broad flats of reddish sand, occasionally quite bare, but more frequently covered with thorn scrub, alternate with open forests and fine shrubberies, alive with Migrita Arnaudi. It was our intention to take a more southern route, past Jebel Kuryok to Zanga, but our guides frustrated our plan, and we were obliged to submit. Jchor Loa afforded us at least some drinkable water, but the heat was so oreat that even our carriers were glad when we halted, a little after noon, at Khor Ité. This khor, which we now crossed farther south than previously, is here about fifty feet broad and forty inches deep, and flows between rocky banks about ten feet high.

Only African travellers can appreciate what it is to reach a running stream like this after a six or seven hours’ march. We rested a while under the shade of tall trees, and our carriers availed themselves of this opportunity to take a refreshing bath. We then started, and after passing through durrah-fields, arrived at one of those small zeribas which the Danagla have sown broad-cast: over the country. Our unexpected arrival led to the precipitate flight of the occupiers, and we thus found ourselves alone at Berri, with little hope of being able soon to leave it, when a neighbouring Negro chief unexpectedly put in an appearance, and promised to furnish us with porters. This promise he kept, so that, crossing a thinly wooded, park-hke country, and leaving Jebel Fora close to our left, we reached Khor Tafiri in good time. This khor now presented a perfectly dry bed of sand, about a hundred feet wide, but when in flood it can only be crossed with the aid of a rope-bridge made of lianas. Extensive corn-fields separate the village of Kediba from the khor. This village we had already visited during the outward journey, and we now followed our old road from here to Lado.