328 ELEVATED COUNTRY AT FARAJOKE [chap. yiii. 
dragging it upon the ground; my feet were then 
stroked with the fowl in the same manner as those 
of the horse, and I was requested to stoop, so as to 
enable him to wave the bird around my head; this 
completed, it was also waved round my horse’s head, 
who showed his appreciation of the ceremony by 
rearing and lashing out behind, to the great discom¬ 
fiture of the natives. The fowl did not appear to have 
enjoyed itself during the operation ; but the knife put 
an end to its troubles, as the ceremony of welcome 
being completed, the bird was sacrificed and handed to 
my headman. I was now conducted to the village, 
It was defended by a high bamboo fence, and was 
miserably dirty, forming a great contrast to the clean 
dwellings of the Bari and Latooka tribes. The hill 
upon which the village was built was about eighty feet 
above the general level of the country, and afforded a 
fine view of the surrounding landscape. On the east 
was the chain of Madi mountains, the base well wooded, 
while to the south all was fine open pasturage of sweet 
herbage, about a foot high, a totally different grass to 
the rank vegetation we had passed through. The 
country was undulating, and every rise was crowned 
by a village. Although the name of the district is 
Farajoke, it is comprised in the extensive country 
of Sooli, together with the Shoggo and Madi 
