204 CAPTAIN TUCKEY'S NARRATIVE. 



violent screams on seeino; ns : even the children of seven or 

 eight years old held fast by the hand of their owners, while 

 we were jDresent. 



AVe dined at a brook, named Sooloo Loo Anzaza ; and at 

 three P. INI. arrived on the bank of the river, a little to the 

 eastward of the upper Sangalla, which is formed by a ledge 

 of rocks running quite across the river, part of it near the 

 , right bank being now dry, ^d the stream close to the other 

 side, forming another and a larger Yellala, or cataract. 

 The direction of the river is here N. E. ; and at the distance 

 of about a mile above this Sangalla it greatly expands, 

 forming an elbow, and running into a creek called Condo 

 Yonga, and then it turns S.E. ; the current about three miles 

 an hour, with a strong eddy on one side. Some rocks are 

 still seen in the river, but the appearance is much less rug- 

 ged than below, the land on each side being lower, tho' still 

 hilly and very barren, with no trees whatever. The forma- 

 tion also changes at this spot ; the pebblj- quartz hills having 

 almost entirely given way to clay and ferruginous earth ; and 

 the rocks Avhich line the river are now a perfect clay slate. 



The constant setting lire to the grass must prevent the 

 growth of trees, and render them scrubby by destroying 

 their leaves. 



Many hippopotami were visible close to our tents at 



