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twenty minutes' walk behind the Kela hill, whence, under the 

 name of Okora, they descend over ledges of stone in a south- 

 easterly course, forming beautiful cascades. The bed of the 

 torrent is an exceedingly narrow trench, the walls of which are 

 steeply scarped on the eastern side, and are about nineteen feet 

 high. Their upper stratum, some fifteen feet thick, is composed 

 of very close reddish clay, with hardly any intermixture, beneath 

 which there is a layer of sharp-edged stone fragments cemented 

 together with clay and mud. In the bed lie granite boulders, 

 which compel the brook to follow very fantastic windings. I 

 was told that the Okora, which is fed by springs and contains 

 water all the year round, loses itself in a swamp farther to the 

 south-east. From the summit of the Kela hill an entirely new 

 and extensive mountainous country is visible towards the south 

 and south-east, whilst to the east the view is shut out. Jebel 

 Pale looks very striking, with its three sharp towering horns ; 

 it lies in the Lango country, as the people here call all the 

 unknown district situated to the south and south-east. To 

 prevent future travellers from making mistakes, I would call 

 their attention to the fact, that when Negroes and interpreters 

 are asked the names of mountains and countries, they generally 

 give at first the name of the chief or tribe dwelling at the 

 place in question, and only state the real names in answer to 

 further inquiries. Thus, for Jebel Ogilli one usually hears Woll, 

 which is the name of a tribe ; Jebel Oppei is called Madi, and 

 the district of Lirem is designated Aje, also the name of a tribe. 



At the foot of the Langia range there lies a small and ex- 

 ceedingly fruitful plain, thinly wooded in parts, and affording 

 very good pasture for cattle and sheep. In this locality, cattle 

 are distinguished by having their ears lopped or pierced ; pieces 

 are cut out of them, fringes are made at their edges, and they 

 are twisted into curious forms, so that every cow-owner has his 

 private pattern of ear. 



Native huts and zeribas are scattered far and wide over the 

 Kela hill and the surrounding country ; small terraces are built 

 for single dwellings right up to the peak of the hill, which is 

 about 250 feet high. The style of the huts is similar to those 

 in the Shuli and Shiluk districts, but they are generally smaller, 

 and have a thicker roof, for protection from the cold. Oven- 



