chap, v.] THE RIVER CIIOL, OR SOB AT. 139 
mouths not very large, well-shaped, and the lips 
rather full. They all have a remarkably pleasing 
cast of countenance, and are a great contrast to the 
other tribes in civility of manner. Altogether their 
appearance denotes a Galla origin, and it is most 
probable that, at some former period, an invasion by 
the Gallas of this country originated the settlement of 
the Latookas. 
LATOOKA BLACKSMITHS. 
One of the principal channels, if not the main 
stream of the river Sobat, is only four days’ march or 
fifty miles east of Latooka, and is known to the 
natives as the Choi. The east bank of that stream is 
occupied by the Gallas, who have frequently invaded 
the Latooka country. There is an interesting circum¬ 
stance connected with these invasions, that the Gallas 
