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and the Shiili, so is also the language of Akara, a country 

 lying still farther to the east, whose inhabitants dress, and 

 arm themselves with two spears, exactly like the Shiili. It is 

 said that, at a few hours' distance from Logere, a stream called 

 Tu, running due north, may be reached. Its broad sandy bed, 

 covered with islands and boulders, brings down very little 

 water (just like Khor Asua) throughout the year, except at the 

 rainy seasons, when it is very full. On either bank there are 

 dense woods of doleb palms, in which all kinds of game abound. 

 There is said to be a much more important stream farther to 

 the east, but no one from here has yet penetrated so far. 



I attempted to compile a vocabulary of the Latiika language, 

 and found that its idiom differs entirely from the languages 

 spoken on the White Nile. A thorough investigation of it 

 was, of course, impossible during so short a stay. The Arabic 

 guttural gliain often occurs in Latiika, as in Shiili, and like- 

 wise a nasal n. U is employed as an article. Gender, when 

 necessary, is marked by certain words placed before the noun. 

 The cardinal numbers are not formed by combinations, but 

 quite different words are employed. I cannot give any infor- 

 mation about conjunctions. 



The sky was overclouded when we left Tarangole. Taking 

 a south-easterly course along Khor Koz, through beautiful 

 park land, we reached the ford in about half an hour. The khor 

 was here about twenty-two yards broad, and full of yellowish 

 water, which reached up to our thighs, and flowed over a sandy, 

 rocky bottom. We had a pleasant march over a very good 

 firm road through sandy country covered with open wood, the 

 ground being rather wet in some places ; the predominance of 

 acacias {Acacia albida, A. mellifera, and A. campylacantha) and 

 Balanites gave a grey tone to the scenery. Khor Oteng, now 

 very insignificant, is said to pour such large volumes of water 

 into Khor Koz in the rainy season, that the passage is otten 

 rendered impossible for hours. The ford of Khor Koz is called 

 Chuchur ; a splendid forest of doleb palms, yielding an abun- 

 dance -of odorous fruits, skirts the khor, copses of various other 

 trees intervening. Large flat blocks of friable granite, with 

 white streaks, lie across the road that leads direct to the foot of 

 the hill of Loguren, which is about four hundred feet high. 



