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nude ; men of different districts, all armed with shields and 

 spears — the genuine Latiika people, recognisable by their 

 slight figures and long faces ; those from more southern dis- 

 tricts by short stout bodies and round faces — all nude and 

 adorned with iron ornaments, ivory rings on the upper arm, 

 broad copper rings as necklaces, and helmets of shining brass 

 or copper plates, surmounted by waving ostrich-plumes. Some 

 of them wore a cap made of basketwork. After our reception 

 was over, we visited the summit of the hill, whence a splendid 

 view is obtained, extending from Mount Loligono, in the Ber 

 country, northwards over the whole Lokoya range, to the west, 

 and to the high peaks of the Obbo mountains, in the south 

 and south-west, where the horns of Jebel Asal tower up — so 

 named on Baker's map, but called by the Bari " Ekara," and 

 by the Latuka " Chufal ; " then away to the long lofty ranges 

 of Molong and Kilio, the defile leading to Tarangole, with its 

 hills rising up like sentinels, and finally the long range of 

 Lafit, which closes the scene on the north-east — a typical 

 Alpine landscape ! 



About an hour and a half's march from Loronio brought us 

 to Ongolet, or Longolet, one of the above-mentioned hills, some 

 400 to 450 feet high, the summit of which was occupied by a 

 strongly fortified village. Bound about were well-tilled fields 

 with vegetable mould of a chocolate-colour, and corn-fields 

 just becoming green, and gradually losing themselves in thin 

 woods of Balanites and acacias. Chief Latome accompanied 

 me thus far, and then sent me as a farewell present an elephant's 

 tusk weighing about eighty rotl. On all sides little torrents 

 rushed down to Khor Koz, which we always kept to our 

 right, now flowing nearer to, now farther from, the road, and 

 invariably marked by a thick green belt of trees. The soil 

 here is of a stiff yellow loam, which, softened by water, gives 

 to the latter its yellow tint. 



The village of Loriajo, situated an hour and a half from 

 Longolet, is one of the few Latiika villages lying on the plain, 

 and is only defended by a thorn-hedge. Like others, it is 

 divided into different quarters, each having a chief and a 

 watchtower. In this case they number seven. As the village is 

 small and most of the inhabitants were out working in the fields, 



