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ance in the midst of their more dusky sisters does take one 

 rather by surprise. Children of Monbuttu women and Egyp- 

 tian or light-coloured Berber fathers have a yellow skin, while 

 those of the same fathers by A-Zancle mothers are light copper- 

 red, and if by Bari, Dinka, or Mittu mothers they are blackish- 

 brown. 



The remarks I have made above apply also to the neigh- 

 bourhood of Tingazi. The soil is rich and productive, and 

 where the termites permit cultivation, a harvest of maize 

 can be reaped three times in the year. Nevertheless, no one 

 thinks of a systematic cultivation, for there are bananas and 

 maniocs in abundance, and the forest affords, besides, large 

 quantities of fruits. Conspicuous among the latter is the 

 orange-coloured fruit of an Anona, of a sweet-sour taste ; also 

 the beautiful pink cola-nuts, which are very abundant, the 

 cone-shaped fruits of caoutchouc tendrils, the gourd fruits of 

 two kinds of Artocarpus,* the peach-like apple of the Myristica, 

 which grows also in Uganda, various kinds of Amomum, and 

 many other fruits. 



There is but little cattle, and the sheep and goats are 

 mostly brought from the south, where large herds are said to 

 be kept upon the wide plains of the Mabode country. I was 

 assured by the prince Sanga, one of Munza's brothers, that 

 Munza's cows, mentioned by Schweinfurth, came from the 

 neighbouring country of Logo, where, no doubt, there exist 

 large herds. The name " Maoggu " is identical with Logo, 

 ma being the Monbuttu plural article (Maloggo). The salt 

 to be seen here is not brought from the west, but from the 

 Mabode country. I saw some large perfectly cone-shaped 

 pieces of it at Gambari's, which had been sent to him by his 

 brother Arama. It is tolerably clean and white, but has a slightly 

 bitter after-taste, which could be got rid of by repeated evapora- 

 tion. Among the various products, caoutchouc is destined, if 

 developed in a natural manner, to become the greatest source of 

 prosperity to the country. Great quantities of it could be 

 obtained with a little trouble and a few presents ; and since 

 I have shown the natives how to thicken the milky juice 

 without the addition of water, in order to prevent the formation 



* See note on p. 195. 



