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Typhlops — glided over the sand, and larger snakes hissed 

 frightfully and retreated. A concert of croaking frogs was 

 going on at the edge of the Jchor, and on its sandy islands 

 enormous crocodiles were watching the children bathing close 

 by. Herds of Antilope leucotis grazed on the young grass ; 

 large wild boars issued from holes in the ground ; they are no 

 despicable antagonists, for they can make very good use of 

 their huge tusks. Going farther into the bush, I saw the 

 elegant form of a wild cat stealing off with its long tail in the 

 air, and heard a loud growl from a leopard which disapproved 

 of my presence. Lions were most plentiful. 



A herd of zebras grazing on the fresh green grass is a 

 pleasant picture, whether surrounded by their frolicking young 

 or running away at a thundering galop. One does not 

 often meet with Phatages (Manis) Temmincki and Orycteropus 

 cethiopicus ; a fine example of the latter fell into a pitfall, and 

 was unfortunately eaten up before I could rescue it. 



In the meantime, I can report little concerning the vegeta- 

 tion, for we are at the end of the dry season. Blossoms were 

 nowhere to be seen. The predominance of acacias over every 

 other form of tree, which is still more striking farther to the 

 east, begins to attract attention here. 



A road formerly much frequented leads from Okkela to 

 Bor ; it is passable only in the dry season, and then water is 

 scarce. The route is as follows : — From the doleb forest, 

 Kayala, to the village of Bori, at the foot of the mountain of 

 the same name (also called Loligono) ; thence through a treeless 

 plain covered with grass to an isolated tamarind ; from this 

 point through the same treeless country to a lonely nabbak- 

 tree, as the jujube-tree, properly named " sidr" is called here. 

 This tree stands on the boundary between the districts of Bari 

 and Latuka, and at the same time marks the end of the 

 swamps. Chief Chorkiri's village, Liena, is the next halting- 

 place, and the next night is passed at a little Bari village 

 called Bombari, in a large forest of dum palms. Then the 

 Bor territory proper begins, and a halt is made at the village 

 Feriak, from which place it is only a few hours' journey to Bor. 

 During the last three of the eight days' march the road runs 

 near the stream, which is first reached at its eastern branch, 



