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"wren {Oligocercus micrurus), almost all of which I sub- 

 sequently found in the Anseba valley. 



On the 21st of January I rode up the pass to Senaf^. 

 Except that the ravine gradually contracts, there is 

 no great change in its appearance for some miles above 

 Undul Wells. The hill-sides become greener, and 

 similar changes take place in the fauna and flora to 

 those already noticed in the Undul ravine, plantain- 

 eaters, green pigeons, and other birds making their 

 appearance. About Eahaguddy, at an elevation of 

 6,000 feet, the alteration is much greater. The meta- 

 morphic rocks have become much more slaty, a cha- 

 racter which they maintain till beyond Senafd. The 

 road close to the camping-ground at Eahaguddy traverses 

 a very narrow gorge with a small stream of water trick- 

 ling through it, which stream, however, is not, like that 

 at Suru, constant throughout the year. 



Ascending beyond Eahaguddy, the path traverses more 

 open ground, the immediate sides of the ravine being 

 lower and less steep, so that the hills beyond are visible. 

 To the south tower the sandstone precipices of Mount 

 Sowera ; on all other sides are fine hills, of varying 

 form, composed of metamorphic rocks, sandstone or trap, 

 covered with forest, still thin, but much finer than that 

 in the lower portion of the pass. Leaving at length the 

 torrent bed, the road ascends through what was, in 

 January, a wood of high juniper trees. Here I found a 

 large party of the Punjab Pioneers engaged in making 

 the cart road, which was finished soon after. It was 

 afternoon, and the air was delightfully cool, even cold, 



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