io DUFILE TO MRULI. 



2. From Dufile up the Nile to Magungo on the Albert 

 Lake, and subsequently via Kiroto and Masindi to 

 Mruli. 



(Letter to Dr. A. Petermann, from Mruli, August 20, 1877.) 



THE MADI — THE NILE BED — MOLA's VILLAGE — THE MAGUNGO —LANDSCAPE 

 PICTURES — BAKER'S MASINDI — DISTRIBUTION OF THE FLEA — IRON 

 INDUSTRY. 



My last letter will Have told you that I arrived in Dufile, and 

 thought of staying there several days. As there is nothing 

 specially noteworthy about the place itself, I was very glad 

 of the spare time for collecting specimens, for making excur- 

 sions into the neighbouring Madi villages, and for compiling 

 a small vocabulary of their language. 



The Madi do not appear to be a very numerous tribe ; their 

 district joins the Makraka country on the west, and extends 

 towards the south along the west bank of the river to Wadelai, 

 where the Magungo as well as the Madi language is spoken. 

 South of Wadelai (also on the west bank of the river) live the 

 Liir, who are subject to Kabrega, and speak Magungo. I shall 

 have the opportunity of speaking of them later on. Madi also 

 live on the other side of the river, to a distance of about three 

 days' journey to the east of Dufile ; then come the Umiro, a 

 tribe of the Lango ; then the real light-coloured Lango (Galla), 

 who breed asses and camels. The most southerly place occu- 

 pied by the Madi on the east bank is Bora, while their south- 

 easterly neighbours are the Shuli, who, to judge from their 

 language, must belong to the Magungo. The men here also 

 are totally unclothed ; the women wear a simple girdle with 

 a tail made of bark fibre, and an apron in front, about the 

 breadth of two fingers, made out of leather or cotton-stuff. 

 Iron ornaments, in the form of necklaces, bracelets, and 

 anklets, are much worn. The rings worn upon the arms 

 and necks of very fashionable men often form regular armour, 

 handsome to look at, but, one would think, uncomfortable 

 to the wearer. One misses in this district the beautiful iron 



