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the latter have been on the whole faithfully described by Baker. 

 Their weapons, their passion for the chase, and the continual 

 feuds which decimate the country have also been referred to 

 by him. 



Tarangole does not by any means lie due east of Okkela 

 and Loronio, but considerably more to the south than either 

 of them. From here to Agaru we traversed country yet un- 

 trodden by any traveller. The entire distance is twenty-two 

 hours forty-one minutes good march, and, as we could only 

 march four hours and a half the first day, the journey was 

 accomplished in four days, each day's march including a rest 

 for the porters, lasting from 5.30 a.m to 1.30 P.M. On the 

 first of these marches we crossed Khor Koz twice, and reached 

 the village of Elianga, where, in the large durrah-fields close 

 to the road, we saw a number of clay vessels filled with human 

 bones. At the second ford, called Churchur, friable white- 

 veined granite lies at the edge of the Ichor, a large dense wood 

 of doleb and dum palms covers the bank, and the melon-like 

 smell of the orange-coloured doleb fruit is perceptible at some 

 distance. Throughout Latiika the doleb palms form in places 

 regular woods, and in the fruit season they provide the natives 

 with food in various forms for about two or three months. I 

 was surprised to find the dum palm (Hyphcene thebaica) so 

 far south as this, for on the Bahr-el-Jebel it is not found to 

 the south of lat. 5° 30' N., and from there to the southern 

 frontier of Uganda it is never seen. 



At the village of Logguren, which is situated like a fort 

 upon a hill, the road branched off to Logere, Kuron, and 

 Irenga ; unfortunately, I was not able to follow it. The 

 country near Jebel Ghattal has a heavy red clay soil, and 

 was covered with industrious workers clearing away stones 

 from among the young crops. As the land slopes very much, 

 and, after the slightest rain, rushing brooks roar down over 

 the rocks from the mountains, all the fields are surrounded 

 with hedges of straw and hay, which afford some protection. 

 The scenery is very fine, cultivated land alternating with park 

 land and crags. The valley before us narrowed more and 

 more, the mountain groups of Ghattal, Dongotolo, and Bay- 

 ango on our left, and the long, lofty Lomu range on our 



