MOUNTAIN RANGES. 415 



2. — On Exploration, the Labour Question, and 



Civilisation. 



{Letter to Dr. 67. Schiuewfurth, dated Beden, May, 1881.) 



LATUKA — A FIELD FOR EUROPEAN SCIENCE — CHINESE LABOUR — THE LA- 

 KERDA-TREE — MORINGA FROM UGANDA — CULTIVATION OF RICE AND 

 MAIZE — EUCALYPTUS — EUROPEAN FRUITS IN LAD6. 



A journey to Latiika, to inspect the stations there, took me 

 vid Agani to Fadibek, and, after visiting Fajulli from there, I 

 returned vid Obbo to Lahore. It would be impossible for me 

 to give you a thorough description of this country without 

 writing at greater length than you would perhaps care for, 

 but in order to accomplish the purpose I have in view, it will 

 be necessary to take up a few minutes of your time. 



As soon as we had passed through the narrow defile which 

 runs to the south-east from Tarangole to Jebel Sereten, a 

 view was obtained of a perfectly new mountainous district. 

 Many solitary masses, often of considerable size, were seen, as 

 well as long ranges and chains crowned by jagged peaks and 

 domes. The serrate mountains of Irenga and the mountains 

 of Musingok, which form a connecting-link with Ivaffa, were 

 visible to the north and north-east, in which direction were 

 also the rivers Tu and Ogeloquer, both flowing to the north. 

 In the east the extended range of Kuron stood forth, which 

 stretches like a broken wall towards the south, joins the ranges 

 of Latiika and the Obbo plateau, with its formidable mountain 

 pyramids, in the west, and descends in terraces into the Somal 

 and Galla countries to the east. 



Whilst our station at Agaru has an altitude of more than 

 four thousand feet, according to hypsometrical observations, 

 Fajulli, which lies farther to the south, is much lower, not- 

 withstanding the general rise in the altitude of the country. 



The -station in the Lirem country, which is inhabited by 

 the Aje* division of the Lango tribe, keeps up our communi- 

 cations with the districts of Umiro, Lobbor, Termayok, 

 Koliang, Bognia, and also with Turkan, from where we obtained 



