4 JANUARY 1868, Page 8

Detailed accounts from Abyssinia to the 8th December have reached

London. At that time the first division had threaded the Koomaylee Pass, a gradual ascent improved by the sappers up to Senafe, 7,000 feet above the sea. The Times' correspondent describes the scenery as exquisite, water plentiful, and the climate so cold as to distress the men. The thermometer at night stood at 33. Senafe is an open, barren-looking valley, with a village of very poor natives, who seem, on the whole, friendly." There is good camping ground, and a post will be established here, while the rest of the force advances to a point 100 miles beyond. The only real disaster as yet has been an outbreak of disease among the cattle, who will, it is affirmed, " perish in hundreds."