262 OBBO TEE CLOTHING FRONTIER. [chap. ix. 
armed men required for safety, were legitimate trade 
the sole object of the ivory hunter. 
“ Even in Obbo, I believe that printed calicoes, red 
woollen shirts, blankets, &c. would purchase ivory. The 
elevation of this country being upwards of 3,600 feet, 
the nights are cold, and even the day is cold during 
the wet season, thus clothing is required; this we see 
in the first rudiments of covering, the skins of beasts 
used by the natives; the Obbo people being the first 
tribe that adopts a particle of clothing from the Shillook 
country (lat. 10°) throughout the entire course of the 
White Nile to this latitude (4° 02'). Kamrasi's tribe 
are well covered, and farther south, towards Zanzibar, 
all tribes are clothed more or less; thus Obbo is the 
clothing frontier, where the climate has first prompted 
the savage to cover himself, while in the hot lowlands 
he remains in a state of nakedness. Where clothing 
is required, English manufactures would find a market 
in exchange for ivory; thus from this point a fair trade 
might be commenced. 
<£ From Farajoke, in the Sooli country, lat. 3° 33', up 
to this date the most southern limit of my explorations, 
the lake is about nine or ten days' march in a direct 
course; but such a route is impossible, owing to 
Debono's establishment occupying the intervening 
country, and the rules of the traders forbid a trespass 
upon their assumed territory. Koorsliid s men would 
refuse to advance by that route; my men, if alone, 
will be afraid to travel, and will find some excuse for 
not proceeding ; from the very outset they have been 
an absolute burthen upon me, receiving a monthly 
allowance of two pounds of beads per head for doing 
literally nothing, after having ruined the independence 
of my expedition by their mutiny at Grondokoro.” 
“ Aug. 23 d .—My last camel died to-day; thus 
all my horses and camels are dead, and only eight 
donkeys remain out of twenty-one ; most of these will 
die, if not all. There can be no doubt that the exces¬ 
sive wet in all the food, owing to the constant rain 
