MOUNTAIN RANGES. AIS 2—ON EXPLORATION, THE LABOUR QUESTION, AND CIVILISATION.

(Letter to Dr. G. Schweinfurth, dated Bedén, May, 1881.)

LATUKA—A FIELD FOR EUROPEAN SCIENCE—CHINESE LABOUR—THE LA-KERDA-TREE—MORINGA FROM UGANDA—CULTIVATION OF RICE AND MAIZE—EUCALYPTUS—EUROPEAN FRUITS IN LADO.

A jourNEY to Latuka, to inspect the stations there, took me vid Agari to Fadibék, and, after visiting Fajulli from there, I returned vid Obbo to Laboré. It would be impossible for me to give you a thorough description of this country without writing at greater length than you would perhaps care for, but in order to accomplish the purpose I have in view, it will be necessary to take up a few minutes of your time.

As soon as we had passed through the narrow defile which runs to the south-east from Tarangole to Jebel Sereten, a view was obtained of a perfectly new mountainous district. Many solitary masses, often of considerable size, were seen, as well as long ranges and chains crowned by jagged peaks and domes. The serrate mountains of Irenga and the mountains of Musingok, which form a connecting-lnk with Kaffa, were visible to the north and north-east, in which direction were also the rivers Tu and Ogeloquer, both flowing to the north. In the east the extended range of Kuron stood forth, which stretches like a broken wall towards the south, joins the ranges of Latuka and the Obbo plateau, with its formidable mountain pyramids, in the west, and descends in terraces into the Somal and Ga!la countries to the east.

Whilst our station at Agaru has an altitude of more than four thousand feet, according to hypsometrical observations, Fajuli, which lies farther to the south, is much lower, notwithstanding the general rise in the altitude of the country.

The -station in the Lirém country, which is inhabited by the Ajé division of the Lango tribe, keeps up our communications with the districts of Umird, Lobbor, Termayok, ‘Koliang, Bognia, and also with Turkan, from where we obtained