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same group ; neither of them, however, build their nests in the 

 huts. Altogether, the feathered fauna of this country is more 

 closely allied to that of Abyssinia and the Somal country than 

 to that of our province. 



The march from Agaru to Fadibek is accomplished by the 

 natives, and also by our own men when they have no baggage, 

 in one day, although we spent exactly eleven hours fifty-five 

 minutes over it, marching rapidly. The Langia range, with 

 its summit Logiteli, crowned by the village of Loggede, pushes 

 its last offshoot, the small round peak of Lara, far out into the 

 bush ; here the first halt is usually made beside a pool, round 

 which flutter hundreds of small white butterflies with red- 

 tipped wings. From this point another mountain range, 

 known as Jebel Julu (?), forms a crescent towards the west. 

 Our road followed the chord of this arc through thick 

 forest and occasionally high reeds, the ground being frequently 

 intersected by narrow yawning clefts. A rather steep descent 

 marked the extremity of the range, and then, to the right, the 

 long chain of Laburomor came suddenly into sight ; it seemed 

 to run partly behind the other range. In front of us, but a 

 little to the right, rose the grand Jebel Lamo, between it and 

 Laburomor the summit of Jebel Aggu was visible for a 

 moment, and at the extreme end of the Lamo, which has a 

 north and south axis, Jebel Lalak and Jebel Latjiet (Fadibek) 

 made their appearance. 



The country, covered with bushes and briars, was very mono- 

 tonous, for the view towards the mountains in the east was 

 shut out by high grass. A luxuriant bed of reeds preceded the 

 belt of wood by Khor Arenga, which flows to the south-soufch- 

 east, and though only sixteen feet broad, contains a very strong 

 current of cold yellow muddy water, reaching up to the knee 

 (it is never lower). The springs which feed it lie in the 

 Laburomor mountains ; it empties itself, as we discovered 

 afterwards, into Khor Bagger. The large village of Uong 

 stands on the heights of Jebel Lamo, and its fields, which are 

 subject to the ravages of thousands of finches, extend along 

 the foot of the mountain. Jebel Lamo is often called Jebel 

 Falogga, after a large Negro village, one of ten that are situated 

 on its flanks. 



