this tiine'flate October). From the top oi this range ^/e 
dropped down gradually south east into one large ej 
of oajnainata. 
Samai-pata . _ (5,500 feat)~ —— 
Once across the "crest of this lapt range the aspect o 
of the country changed completely. The mountains on evn 
every— side w e r - e almo st hare - of— vege station r o-ther than 
1 oY'j shrubbery and bushes on the lower slopes and a 
little"grass higher up. Apparently the whole region has 
iq ^0 yi deferes ted, sinee the—town 4-s- not less tha/i i --a-cen tu 
r v old. The valley is wide,runs down to the east and _ 
j s perha“os aboi x t 5 mi 1 es long, then nan o\%s aox uptly • 
The'surrounding mountains rise to a heighth of from 
6500 to 7500 feet,the highest being the range to the 
northeas tthe "Meson " ♦ In the valley there are many 
farms and. very little heavy- woodland, except up a ^ the 
heads of some of the small ,t r x but ary vail eyp ♦ .the 
original w odland lias mostly dissapeared and the second 
growth scrub consists largely of acacias and other 
thornv scrub on the floor of trie valley a no. c hick- .. . 
shrubbery on the slopes,mostly of non-spinous type, 
although thorny forms are intermingled witnpt most 
everywhere•There is athick growth, of grass in most of 
this shrubbery and the hills everywhere form good / 
gracing ground, except, that there is- almost -no water 
anywhere for a considerable portion of the year,at 
least three or four months. 5 -t the time we were there 
•for* a f ow miles, then swung "west, cuo tnrough une ran 
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into the yairena valley,while the valley to the 
ist beaded in higher mountains to the north and slopec 
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south, cutting Ground to the eaTC of tire ’Stevxm and 
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into, the v-'.lley rnmnsg , 
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