RE-ASCLXD TO THE UIGULAXDS. 39 



I again stopped for a couple of days collecting, and I 

 finally reached Senafe once more on the 21st February. 

 The rains did not extend into the hills quite so far as 

 Undul "Wells, and above the weather was fine, but less 

 cool than in Januar}\ 



By this time the advanced guard had reached Antalo. 

 The Commander-in-chief was about two marches beyond 

 Adigrat. I took up my abode in the commissariat lines 

 near Major Thacker's tent, one of the best parts of the 

 camp, and whilst awaiting permission to go on to the 

 front I set to work to examine the geology of Senafe and 

 the neighbourhood, which was very interesting, and to 

 collect as usual. 



I have already briefly mentioned the position of Senafe 

 in a plain with hills at both sides. Beyond the craggy 

 rocks, just west of the camp, lies the head of a deep 

 valley. To the north-east is the great mass of Sowera, 

 entirely formed of sandstone ; but south of it, separated 

 by a small valley, is a trachyte hill. The majority of the 

 other rises are volcanic in origin, consisting of basalt or 

 trachyte, the latter greatl}' predominating. The greatest 

 extent of these rocks is north-west of Senafe, in which 

 direction they stretch more than half-way to Takonda. 

 The culminating point, Akiib Teriki (or Arabi Teliki), is 

 a most conspicuous object from all the country around. 

 It lies nearly due north of Senafe, and west of the road 

 at the head of the Komayli pass. From the spot where 

 trap first appears, at the base of the last ascent in the 

 pass, to the top of this hiU, is a height of 2,000 feet, and 

 the A^'hole consists of trachyte or basalt. It is by no 



