CHAP. XVI.] 
THE LIRA HEAD-DRESS. 
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had extended their excursions in their search for ivory, 
and they returned from an expedition sixty miles east 
of Shooa, bringing with them two donkeys that they 
had obtained from the natives. This was an interesting 
event, as for nearly two years I had heard from the 
natives of Latooka, and from those of Unyoro, that 
donkeys existed in a country to the east. These animals 
THE CHIEF OF THE LIRA TRIBE. 
were the same in appearance as those of the Soudan; 
—the natives never rode, but simply used them to 
transport wood from the forest to their villages;—the 
people were reported as the same in language and 
appearance as the Lira tribe. 
