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Its summit is crowned with the dome-shaped huts of the village 

 bearing the same name. 



Dum palms (Hyphcene thehaica) grow here, as they do at 

 the ford of Khor Koz. It appears, therefore, that the southern 

 limit of this tree runs along the Bahr-el-Jebel between Bor 

 and Lado, and then advances farther to the south, no doubt 

 owing to the sandy soil which connects the Latuka and Somal 

 districts. Picturesque groups of rock inhabited by the restless 

 Hyrax, well-tilled fields, and here and there small clumps of 

 doleb palms are seen along the road to Elianga, where, on the 

 edges of the rocks, numerous clay vessels containing human 

 bones seem to say, " Memento mori" a rather unnecessary 

 warning in Central Africa ! 



We counted more than thirty mountains in Tarangole and 

 Loguren ; most of them are covered with forest. We turned 

 next through a broad belt of palm forest towards Jebel Ghatal, 

 which lies at a distance of about half a mile to the left of 

 the road, and is dotted over with numerous villages ; Khor 

 Irume, which we crossed yesterday, flows between the road 

 and the mountain. A long lofty mountain range running from 

 the south and west stretches along to the right of the road ; 

 it contains the high peaks of Lavalong and Legiri (which 

 belongs to Jebel Lotese). We rested under a tall tamarind, 

 near a well full of good water. The inhabitants of the sur- 

 rounding villages obtain most of their water from this well, 

 for Khor Koz is some distance away. The defile in which 

 we camped is rather narrow, well tilled, and thickly peopled, 

 although no inhabitants were visible. It runs to the west, 

 through the mountain chain above mentioned, then to the east, 

 through the prolongation of Jebel Ghatal (behind which the 

 summits of Jebel Dongotelo appear), and ends in the south, 

 near Jebel Sereten. The village Abure, high up on the slope 

 of the mountains, overlooked our improvised camp, which was 

 rather disturbed at night by numerous lions. A long row of 

 hills, ioo to I 20 metres high, runs in front of Jebel Bayango, 

 and upon them all the villages in this neighbourhood are built. 

 Parallel to them, on the right hand, the lofty Lomu range 

 extends, from which Khor Ibiala descends in bold leaps to 

 Khor Koz. The view becomes a little more extensive here. 



