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Air Sarasah, Mount Talamau (Mount Ophir), N.W. slope, 
Ophir Districts, 1850-1900 M. 
See under Mount Talamau. 
Air Taman, Mount Pasaman (Mount Ophir), Ophir Dis- 
tricts, 300 M. 
See under Mount Talamau. 
A stream on the N.W. foot of Mount Pasaman, where 
old forest with enormous trees is to be found. This forest 
is rapidly disappearing, on account of the coffee estates, 
‘which have been opened there lately. This old forest has 
very little undergrowth and is easy of access. Only one 
day’s collecting was done here, sickness preventing me 
from visiting this place again, which was very unfortunate, 
as its fauna was exceedingly rich. 
Alahan Pandjang, Padang Highlands, 1500 M. 
Alahan Pandjang is a settlement not far from the 
border of the lake called Danau di Atas. The surroundings 
of the place are nearly bare of trees, for the natives 
burn down nearly every year all the growth on the hills, 
to obtain the ashes for fertilizing their rice fields. The 
country therefore is largely covered with ferns, grass and 
bushes, which shoot up every year afresh. On the opposite 
side of the lake and along the headwaters of the Batang 
Hari some forest still exists, and the higher slopes of the 
Barisan Chain running to the west of the lake are still 
forest clad. The fauna of Alahan Pandjang, however, is 
very poor. On the lake some waterfowl are to be found. 
Andalas, Tandjung, Padang Highlands, 720 M. 
A village situated in a narrow valley running towards 
Bukit Marapalam. The valley itself is cultivated and 
the slopes planted with cinnamon gardens or clad with 
secondary forest, which further on towards Mt. Sago 
merges into older forest. 
Aur, Kumanis, Padang Highlands, 200 M. 
A village near the Batang Sinamar. The surroundings 
consist chiefly of flat country, covered by bush, alternating 
with patches of short turf and larger or smaller areas 
covered by trees. Many little pools surrounded by trees 
and covered with reeds and other waterplants attract small 
numbers of ducks which are, however, much hunted by 
the natives. To the east a belt of secondary forest covers 
the foot of the Bukit Ngalau Saribu, a mountain chain 
of limestone with hundreds of caves and jagged peaks. 
Nowhere in the Padang Highlands have I seen so many 
birds of prey as in the surroundings of Aur. 
