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IV. 



IN THE COUNTRY OF THE BARI AND LATJJKA. 



i. From Gondok6ro through Tarangole to Agaru. 



SCENERY TO THE EAST OF GONDOKORO — THE LIRIA PASS— CONFUSION IN THE 

 NOMENCLATURE OF MOUNTAINS — DISTRICTS OF THE LOKOYA MOUNTAINS 

 — THE KOLLOMELLO CAVE — BURNING SANDS — PANORAMA OF TWENTY 

 MOUNTAIN GROUPS — INDEPENDENCE OF THE LIRIA DISTRICT — VIEWS 

 TO THE EAST OF LIRIA — STATION OKKELA — REGIME OF THE GINETTI 

 — ABUNDANCE OF GAME — POVERTY OF SALT AND SICKLINESS OF 

 CATTLE — LIONS AND LEOPARDS — A LION-CHARMER — FRUIT OF THE 

 DOLEB PALM — THE OLD VILLAGE OF OKKELA; A FETE CHAMPETRE — 

 LATUKA DRESS, WEAPONS, AND SPORT — PREPONDERANCE OF WOMEN 

 — LATUKA HUTS — OSTRICHES — THE AVIFAUNA OF OKKELA — THE BER 

 COUNTRY — STRENGTH OF LATUKA WOMEN — FUNERAL RITES — BONES 

 IN URNS — LATUKA TOBACCO — THE STATION L6RONIO — THE MOUNTAIN 

 CHAIN OF LAFIT — FORTIFICATIONS IN LATOME's VILLAGE — TARANGOLE 

 — PHYSIQUE OF THE LATUKA — TRIBAL MARKS — THE IRENGA DISTRICT 

 — THE LATUKA LANGUAGE. 



The scenery around Gondokoro, in spite of the time of 

 year (March 29, 1 881), presented a varied aspect, being 

 characterised by numerous mountains and many small groups 

 of Bari huts surrounded by high euphorbia hedges. The 

 little station itself, after having been abandoned by Gordon 

 Pasha, was reoccupied three years ago by ten soldiers, princi- 

 pally for the sake of its lemon-trees. It was then enlarged 

 to form a sort of outpost to Lado, and is now the means of 

 communication with the surrounding Bari chiefs, repaying 

 cultivation on account of the richness of its soil, and forming 

 an important base for our communications with Latiika. How 

 greatly times have altered here may be shown by the fact that 



