38 PERSONAL NARRATIVE. 



him a second native taxidermist sent to me by Dr. 

 Anderson, of the Indian Museum. The two men had 

 collected a considerable number of birds, many of them 

 of great interest. 



With Dr. Cook I made another excursion of three days 

 to the head of the bay, and obtained several mollusca and 

 a few birds. The game had become very wild. For 

 several days I occupied myself geologizing and collecting 

 around Zulla. A change took place in the weather : a 

 little rain fell, and the hills were covered with dense 

 masses of clouds. We heard that hea-\y rain was falling 

 almost daily about the lower portion of the pass. 

 Meantime troops and stores were being rapidly pushed 

 on to the front, and the camp was once more diminishing 

 in size. 



It was not till the 12th February that I could obtain 

 carriage with which to start again for the highlands, and 

 even then it was with great difficulty that I could 

 manage to take with me sufficient stores for collecting. 

 I remained two days at Komayli, where a considerable 

 change had taken place, grass having sprung up and the 

 trees put forth fresh leaves. The only conspicuous 

 change in the fauna, however, was the presence in large 

 numbers of the black Abyssinian crow (Corvus affinis), 

 which, a month before, I had not met with below Undul 

 Wells. Subsequently, several kinds of birds immigrated, 

 many of which were still to be found in May. 



Eain fell so heavily on the road from Komayli to Sum 

 that my camels could not get on, and remained out all 

 night. This necessitated another day's halt. At Undal 



