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prophylactic for all sorts of skin disease. I did not see any 

 domestic animals, but the huts in the Shiili and in some parts 

 of the Madi district are infested with bugs. 



The clear weather that followed the storm enabled us to get 

 a good view of the Latiika range, which is quite Alpine in 

 character, and contains elevations rising probably to 40 00 

 feet. The Shiili call the whole chain " Ablenyim," from nyim, 

 sesame, and able, wanting, because the inhabitants possess very 

 little sesame, and obtain their supplies from the Shiili country. 

 Besides this nickname, each portion of the long chain has 

 probably a name of its own. 



The road from Fanto wound in a long curve, skirting the 

 mountain group of Adodi and leading through several clear- 

 ings, which, to judge from the presence of some straggling 

 durrah and sesame plants, must have been at one time under 

 cultivation. We then ascended, between parallel ranges of hills, 

 to the prettily situated village of Laguerion, which name has 

 quite a French sound, owing to the nasal pronunciation of the 

 on. The village of Yua'ia, where our Madi porters turned 

 back and were replaced by Shiili, belongs to the district of 

 Farajok. Obbo lies to the north of this place, Labongo to the 

 south, Fallibek to the south-west, Fadibek to the south-east, 

 and Madi to the east-south-east. The station of Fadibek stands 

 on Mount Latjiet, which is distinguished by its double peak, and 

 lies almost due south-east. The chief of the little village kindly 

 presented me with three baskets of flour, and expressed his 

 devotion to me by lifting my hands alternately, then turning 

 them round, licking the palms and wiping them with his hand, 

 while all the time his face wore an expression of the greatest 

 delight. The frisures and ornaments of the people corre- 

 spond exactly to the description I gave previously. Every 

 one has his under-lip pierced, and wears in it polished quartz 

 pins, brass cylinders, or straws. 



Fortunately, little dew fell at night, so that the porters 

 were more willing to start early, as they had not the prospect 

 of a cold bath. Khor Limiir, which we reached after a very 

 tiring march through thickets of reeds and rushes, possesses 

 good pure water, a pleasant contrast to that which we had been 

 driuking for two days, which was a thin solution of dirt and 



