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TRAVELS IN CENTRAL AFRICA, 
was indebted, he having conducted our people to the interior when 
they first formed the station at Wayo. Lungazo had formerly bar- 
tered ivory with the traders at Gondokoro ; but in an affray with 
them two of his sons had been killed, and so Lungazo held no 
more dealings with them. 
After resting nearly an hour, we proceeded. A small range of 
hillsj called Goonifi, bore 171^, and a rugged hill, Koorook, 136°, 
The country continued captivating : huts detached, wdth their well- 
kept gardens, were frequently seen, and a high conical hill, the 
Nyrhen, appeared. In an hour a dry water-course was reached — 
Nimione its name. By digging in its bed water was procured. This 
stream is reported to fall into the Nile northwards of Gondokoro. 
During the noontide heat we rested. Two of the mountain girls 
here bade us adieu, also a youth. Some of their relatives came to 
offer us a few trifling presents and their thanks. 
En route at 3.40, and marched“one hour and quarter, when we 
encamped at Door a, the village of our interpreter, Aboo Groon. 
The poor fellow was in despair : but recently his father died, leav- 
ing a large stock of cattle, and only the day before yesterday an 
unprincipled trader^s gang had walked off with his cattle; they 
also killed two negroes who fought for their property, and bore 
away eight young women. Aboo Groon was accompanied by his 
uncle, a fine old man, and by two friends whose wives had been 
stolen. They implored the protection of the Consul, and he with 
many expressions of sympathy promised his assistance, and advised 
their accompanying us to Gondokoro, which they said they would 
do. 
February 20th . — At 6.15 left Doora; with us marched the uncle 
of Aboo Groon and his two companions, with them a number of 
