296 GONDOKORO TO OBBO. 



Aggu. Fadibek has grown into a large and beautiful station, 

 and is the centre of numerous smaller establishments in the 

 Shiili district, viz., Fallibek, Farajok, Fajulli, Lira, &c. The 

 excursion to Fajulli, the frontier post towards the Lango 

 country, proposed last year, and now rendered necessary, was 

 actually made, and opened up a new and extensive moun- 

 tain country, which may be looked upon as the southern slope 

 of Shoa, Kaffa, &c. Ascending gradually through the district 

 Labongo, we reached Khor Bagger, which we had crossed last 

 year on the way from Fadibek to Fatiko, and which may be 

 considered the chief tributary of Khor Asua, for its course is 

 longer than that of Khor Atappi. A savannah, interrupted 

 occasionally by thickets of brushwood, stretches from here for 

 a considerable distance as far as the steppes of Koliang, Ter- 

 ra ay ok, Turkan, and the prairies of the Lango country in the 

 south-east. Tall forests only exist round the mountains, where 

 alone there is always plenty of moisture. 



The traveller need not be surprised if he often traverses 

 long distances of two to three days' march in the Shiili country 

 without meeting with any villages, as these savannahs are re- 

 served for the chase. At Jebel Leruama settlements and fields 

 begin again. The corn was nearly ripe when we passed. On 

 the hill of Gikkor there were patches of Musa ensete. From its 

 heights I was able to take observations, connecting my work in 

 this part with that in Fatiko. The station of Fajulli is very 

 unfavourably situated in the midst of a wide hilly savannah. 

 It has no surroundings worth speaking of and no outlook, but 

 it forms a centre for the people in the south and east, who come 

 to barter their ivory for glass beads, copper, brass, &c. This 

 accounts for my finding men here from Bognia and Lirem, from 

 whom I obtained information about their countries, which lie 

 at a distance of eight to ten days' journey from here. They wore 

 the usual Lango head-dresses, and spoke Lango, which is quite 

 different from Shiili. Unfortunately, we had to return to Fadi- 

 bek by the way we had come, for the road through Facher, 

 Ogilli, Akkara, and Oppei was longer, and would have taken at 

 least ten days more, which I could not spare, owing to engage- 

 ments elsewhere. I was therefore unable to complete and 

 correct my notes of this journey. 



