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by slabs of stone arranged in a circle, so as to support a 

 larger slab, thus forming a kind of table. The care which 

 the Mittu and Kederii devote to their graves constitutes a 

 fine trait in the character of these tribes, who differ in this 

 respect very favourably from the Bari and Dinka. 



The ground beyond Mollo presents features which vividly 

 recall the Makraka road. Broad flats of reddish sand, occa- 

 sionally quite bare, but more frequently covered with thorn 

 scrub, alternate with open forests and fine shrubberies, alive 

 with Nigrita Arnaudi. It was our intention to take a more 

 southern route, past Jebel Kuryok to Zanga, but our guides 

 frustrated our plan, and we were obliged to submit. Khor Loa 

 afforded ns at least some drinkable water, but the heat was so 

 great that even our carriers were glad when we halted, a little 

 after noon, at Khor Ito. This khor, which we now crossed 

 farther south than previously, is here about fifty feet broad and 

 forty inches deep, and flows between rocky banks about ten 

 feet high. 



Only African travellers can appreciate what it is to reach a 

 running stream like this after a six or seven hours' march. 

 We rested a while under the shade of tall trees, and our carriers 

 availed themselves of this opportunity to take a refreshing bath. 

 We then started, and after passing through durrah-fields, arrived 

 at one of those small zeribas which the Danagla have sown 

 broad-cast over the country. Our unexpected arrival led to 

 the precipitate flight of the occupiers, and we thus found our- 

 selves alone at Berri, with little hope of being able soon to 

 leave it, when a neighbouring Negro chief unexpectedly put in 

 an appearance, and promised to furnish us with porters. This 

 promise he kept, so that, crossing a thinly wooded, park-like 

 country, and leaving Jebel Fora close to our left, we reached 

 Khor Tafari in good time. This khor now presented a per- 

 fectly dry bed of sand, about a hundred feet wide, bnt when in 

 flood it can only be crossed with the aid of a rope-bridge made 

 of lianas. Extensive corn-fields separate the village of Kediba 

 from the khor. This village we had already visited during the 

 outward journey, and we now followed our old road from here 

 to Lado. 



