A FALSE ALARM.

a hill, from whicli we had an extensive view of the country on all sides. To the north-east nothing but an unbroken sea of forest extended to the distant horizon, whilst to the south and south-west the grey shadowy forms of the mountains formed a pleasing contrast. From this point I made the sketch of the hills and mountain-pass. A quarter of a mile farther on, close to the roadside, was a MOUNTAIN' KANGE NEAR RAHAD-EZ-ZTJRZUR.

dome-shaped mass of igneous rock, in the centre of which was a curious fissure, something like the crater of an extinct volcano. The basin was about forty or fifty feet deep, with fantastic sides, and in its cool depths abundance of clear water was found. We made a long halt there for the porters to cook the meat obtained the previous day. There was a skeleton of a man lying half out of the water, but they did not seem to object to that. The day was