HAP. VIII.] 
NATI VES O F OBBO. 
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antelope or goat, slung like a mantle across the 
shoulders. Their faces are well formed, with peculiarly 
fine-shaped noses. The head-dress of the Obbo is 
remarkably neat, the woolly hair being matted and 
worked with thread into a flat form like a beaver's 
tail, and bound with a fine edge of raw hide to keep 
it in shape. This, like the head-dress of Latooka, 
requires many years to complete. 
From Obbo to the S.E. all is mountainous, the 
highest points of the chain rising to an elevation of 
four or five thousand feet above the general level of 
the country; to the south, although there are no 
actual mountains, but merely a few isolated hills, the 
HEAD-DRESS OF OBBO(l) AND SHOGGO (2). 
country distinctly rises. The entire drainage is to the 
west and north-west, in which direction there is a 
very perceptible inclination. The vegetation of Obbo, 
and the whole of the west side of the mountain range, 
is different from that upon the east side; the soil is 
exceedingly rich, producing an abundance of Guinea 
grass, with which the plains are covered. This country 
produces nine varieties of yams, many of which grow 
wild in the forests. There is one most peculiar species, 
called by the natives “ Collolollo,” that I had not met 
with in other countries. This variety produces several 
tubers at the root, and also upon the stalk; it does 
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