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much, spoken. The district of Liria, to which the Lokoya 

 mountains belong, is the most densely populated Bari district 

 I have seen. It is very mountainous throughout, and con- 

 tains very lofty elevations, such as Jebel Oppone, the outlying 

 peak of Jebel Tollogo, which in good weather is visible even in 

 the northern Shiili district. Red durrah, sesame, a very small 

 kind of Lubia, tobacco, and two varieties of gourd are culti- 

 vated. Khor Loddo, about four hours' journey from Chief 

 Rugang's village, Rinyak, forms the boundary between Bari and 

 Latiika. Before reaching it, however, there is a swamp full of 

 Cyperacese, which the elephants and buffaloes of the surround- 

 ing country seem to have chosen for a dwelling, and which 

 takes about an hour to cross. Masses of iron ore lie ex- 

 posed in the bed of Khor Loddo, totally differing in formation 

 and appearance from the bog ore so common in this country. 



The descent, which began at Binyak, became more and 

 more considerable. The country in front of us once more 

 assumed the form of a large plain, extending at the same level 

 almost to Loronio, and forming, as it were, a second terrace 

 after leaving Gondokoro. Till within a short distance of 

 the station of Okkela (Baker's Wakkela), the yellowish-white 

 sandy soil is covered with open woods of acacias, Zizyphus, 

 Balanites, and other thorn-bushes usually found on such flats. 

 Near to Okkela the woods become more and more frequent, so 

 that the road runs through fine park-like tracts ; the dark 

 foliage of Kigelias, spreading boughs of sycamores, and pliant 

 branches of Grewias, together with handsome butter-trees, De- 

 tarias yielding edible fruits, euphorbias, and dolebs, mingle 

 with other forms of trees, while groups of aloes and nests of 

 Sanseviera are found among them. Khor Ginetti, or Kanieti, 

 the name adopted by Baker from the Danagia, rises in the nor- 

 thern Shiili mountains. In the Ber district, which lies to the 

 north, it is named Choi, and there unites with Khor Koz, which 

 flows down from Tarangole, and loses itself in the swamps of 

 that country. It contains water all through the year, which 

 indicates the existence of springs in the mountains ; it lies in 

 a deep bed, the rather high loamy banks of which give its 

 water a yellowish tint, and it often swells so considerably after 

 a few hours' rain that it cannot be forded for many hours. 



