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Here and there are high hills similar to the Loronio, and 

 generally crowned with large villages. The little village 

 Loriajo lies, however, in the plain, and immediately beyond it 

 is a boggy thicket, where the sticky loamy soil, into which we 

 sank above the knee, is exceedingly unpleasant. A number 

 of small rivulets cross the road here, all of them rain-torrents 

 coming down from the Lafit range. Thick acacia bush grows 

 rank in the sandy soil, which is sometimes yellow, sometimes 

 white, and extends up to the fields round Tarangole, formerly 

 the headquarters of the Danagla, and now a smart little military 

 station close to Khor Koz. 



During the short time of its existence, the station has en- 

 tered into communication with near and more distant districts, 

 and people are often to be found here from the districts of Renga 

 or Irenga, lying farther to the east, and from the Kuron 

 mountains and Loba. The land is splendidly cultivated, has an 

 excellent soil, and, besides possessing numerous herds of cattle 

 and flocks of superior fat sheep, it supports a numerous and 

 very well-disposed community, whose old chief, Maye, now only 

 carries on the business of rainmaking, while the administra- 

 tion is in the hands of his son, Lajur. Viewed from the 

 station, the valley to the south-east becomes narrower and 

 narrower, and appears to be shut in, while almost east-south- 

 east the jagged mountains of the Irenga chain come into sight 

 for the first time ; they seem to be higher than the nearer 

 mountains, and they form a long chain with very curiously 

 shaped horns and teeth. The distance from here to Irenga is 

 estimated at three to four good days' march — but what was 

 meant by one of these day's marches we were presently to 

 learn. The unexplored countries of Akkara and Musingok, 

 with the rivers of Tu and Ogeloquer, border on Irenga. 



The people of Latiika are entirely different in form of face 

 and structure of head, and stature, from the tribes dwelling 

 around them, and must, doubtless, have forced their way here 

 from the east. Their language and customs are also quite 

 peculiar to themselves. I collected examples of the former ; * 



* The vocabulary collected by Emin Pasha proves conclusively that the Latuka 

 are Wakuavi (Masai), and they are coloured as such on Mr. Ravenstein's map 

 of Eastern Equatorial Africa, published in 18S3. 



