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food, our mules and one pack mule, up a lateral valley so 

 as to get nearer to a great peak, which the natives called 

 Tizi Gourza, but which according to Thompson's map must 

 be Jebel Ogdimt. We bivouacked at the last hamlet at 

 the top of this valley, a place called Imi Ouern. This 

 place, which appeared to be "the end of all things," would 

 have been splendid for a prolonged stay, but no food 

 could be procured, shooting was not safe, and we were a 

 very small party. It was most beautifully situated and 

 appeared to be highly productive in butterflies and moths. 

 We ascended the mountain and made a most interesting 

 collection of butterflies; from here we returned to Imen- 

 talla, and by slow stages worked our way northward and 

 westward by way of Anzoot and Tafegar to Mogador, which 

 we reached on August 21st. In the early spring of 1902 I 

 paid a visit to the forest of Marmora, the only tract of 

 primaeval forest in the north of Marocco. It lies between 

 the Seboo and Bou-reg-reg, east of Rabat. It is entirely 

 unexplored, and would probably be very productive, it is 

 however populated only by bandits, and anything like 

 shooting or collecting is almost impossible. However, I 

 managed to collect a considerable number of moths, and a 

 few butterflies. The primary object of these excursions 

 were ornithological, but I collected both butterflies and 

 moths all the time, and paid special attention to the high 

 mountain species. An analysis of this list will show how 

 very few species there are in these remote regions that are 

 not also to be found in the Mediterranean region, and that 

 these mountains have developed comparatively few Alpine 

 species. 



I was accompanied on both these excursions by M. Henri 

 Vaucher of Tangier, as taxidermist and interpreter. M. 

 H. Vaucher is a Swiss gentleman who has lived most of 

 his life in Marocco, is an enthusiastic naturalist himself, 

 and such success as attended these expeditions is almost 

 entirely due to his great tact and intimate knowledge of 

 how to treat the extremely difficult inhabitants of this 

 fascinating country. It is to Mr. H. J. Elwes that I must 

 tender my thanks for the trouble he has taken in going 

 over the collection of butterflies and in assisting me with 

 naming those that are new, and to Sir George Hampson 

 for going through and naming the moths.* 



* The remarks by Mr. Elwes are in brackets signed "H. J. E." 



