ARRIVAL AT FABO. 105 



tlie banks of which are bestrewn with numbers of granite 

 blocks, we arrived at the village Faomo, which had been 

 completely destroyed by fire a few hours before, but was 

 already in course of rebuilding. We saw from the ruins that 

 the houses are divided by a high clay wall into two rooms with 

 a door between them. 



At this point we came upon a sea of rustling grass, broken 

 occasionally by small woods ; and at last, after a short but very 

 monotonous march, we arrived about noon at Fabo, another 

 important village, where we were to stay for the night and 

 change our porters. This Madi village is not identical with 

 the Danagla station of the same name visited by Linant, but 

 is situated on the other side of the Khor Asi, which winds- 

 round it, and after joining the Khor Eyupi, a little below the 

 zeriba, flows into the Khor Unyama.* Eyupi is the larger of 

 the two. The old settlement lay about half an hour's journey 

 farther to the south-west, according to the statement of the 

 natives. Here too we were very kindly received, but I was 

 somewhat surprised that at this place and at Faloro I was 

 asked to request the Government to send Danaglas here 

 again. 



The zcriha is similar to that of Faloro, but is less densely 

 inhabited, because most of the people live in two adjacent 

 villages. My descriptions of the architecture, customs, and 

 cultivation of Faloro are applicable here. About five minutes' 

 walk to the south-west of the zeriba, the Khor Asi flows over 

 rocks from north-west to south-east. Its banks are edged with 

 luxuriant vegetation, and fine bananas are mingled with the 

 other trees, from which are suspended numbers of long straw 

 cylinders that serve as beehives ; the honey is yellow and 

 very sweet. Made wiser by the experience of the night before, 

 we encamped under a tall sycamore ; but soon the threatening 

 storm-clouds indicated a rainy night, so we sought shelter 

 under the roofs of some empty granaries. This protection, 

 however, unfortunately proved insufficient when the rain rattled 

 down: The very uncomfortable night was in some measure 

 enlivened by a visit from a hyaena. 



* For the actual course of these rivers see the accompanying map, from which 

 it will be seen that the Eyupi and Unyama are distinct rivers. — E. G. K. 



