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unique head-dresses, made of beautifully dyed bird-skins. 

 In Lobb5r they speak a language of their own, as well as 

 Shuli. Lirem, or Lorem, adjoins Lobbor on the north, and 

 is also called Aje, after its inhabitants ; it is very populous, 

 and may be reached from here in five days, by way of Jebel 

 Facher, in an almost easterly direction. The district of Koli- 

 ang lies next to that of Lirem. Behind it, towards the east- 

 north-east, is the district of Bognia, visitors from which proved 

 to be of the Lango type, with oval faces, napped head-dresses, 

 and cowrie ornaments. Turkan, the sandy country lying to 

 the south, sinks in broad terraces, and possesses only a little 

 brackish water. Many mountains are however visible. Its 

 inhabitants are nomads. My men compared the vegetation 

 there to that of southern Kordofan. A sweet-scented Law- 

 sonia and large acacia woods are very abundant. I was told 

 of the phenomenal springs of Natefar, occupying a deep circular 

 hollow in the ground, which is filled with soil resembling 

 " ashes," and from which abundant supplies of good sweet 

 water can be obtained by digging. Directly behind Lobbor 

 lies Termayok. The district of Rom adjoins Koliang on the 

 north. 



I give these notes with great reserve, especially with regard 

 to bearings, as my information was gained from Negroes ; all 

 being well, I shall myself visit these countries in order to 

 inspect our stations. 



The zoological specimens I obtained are scarcely worth 

 mentioning. Zosterops scnegalensis and Triclwlais elegans are 

 very common ; Zonogastris phcenicoptera is rarer. We lost a 

 large black and white bird (perhaps a shrike — Urolestes) in the 

 high grass. 



We were obliged to return by the same route, as our time 

 was limited. The country being flooded, owing to the almost 

 incessant rains, and every runnel of water having been trans- 

 formed into a gushing torrent, the passage of which caused 

 much dela}^, we got no farther on the first day than Jebel Leru- 

 ama. A night march enabled us to traverse the waterless 

 tract, which extends to Khor Dore, during the cool hours, but 

 we had to submit to a cold bath in the tall grass. It is parti- 

 cularly unpleasant to march through extensive corn-fields, for 



