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DESCRIPTION OF CAVES 
boulder which is held up and supported by several smaller 
boulders, something after this position : 
You go round the boulder by a curved passage and find a 
centre room under the boulder with a stream running through 
it. This is where a herd of cattle was extracted by the troops 
during the Nandi expedition, but the herdsmen escaped. 
There are three or four shafts by which an exit is possible. 
Emerging from this cave, you approach the other. The en- 
trance to this is even more uninviting, being a very small 
hole through which it is just possible to squeeze. As it is 
also the reputed home of leopards and jackals, hesitation is 
natural. However, a Nandi moran crawls in first, and you 
hand him the lamp and follow. You meet nothing worse than 
a few bats, which brush past your face, startled by the lamp. 
After crawling a few yards, you find a small chamber on 
your right in which you can stand up. There are other open 
spaces inside, and the whole thing resembles an underground 
dungeon or oubliette. Passing along, you see light ahead, 
and emerge from the other side of the boulder. 
At the top of the valley in the hill called Mogon, behind 
Arap Kossabey’s camp, is another small cave. This, as in 
the case of all the caverns except the large one, is difficult 
of approach. It is a long, narrow passage under a big over- 
hanging rock, and can only be entered on hands and knees. 
It is about 15 yards long, and is formed apparently by two 
large boulders having fallen together. 
There is another typical cavern at the back of Chebanon 
hill. This does not face the escarpment, but is situated in a 
valley separated from it by a hill. It is exceedingly difficult of 
approach, and is, like the others, formed by two large boulders 
having come together, and leaving a cavity beneath. The 
cavern inside is curved. You can proceed for about 20 yards, 
and in the inmost recesses there is a running stream. The 
