A sporting trip through Abyssinia : a narrative of a nine months' journey from the plains of the Hawash to the snows of Simien, with a description of the game, from elephant to ibex, and notes on the manners and customs of the natives . ng, when there was too muchsea to suit me, and I postponed attempting a meal tillwe called at Assab in the afternoon. At on ist August, we anchored at Aden, whereI had a busy two days, trying to discover what thenative agent had done with my baggage and all myletters, for my last news from home was nearly sixmonths old. The plague and contradictory instruc
A sporting trip through Abyssinia : a narrative of a nine months' journey from the plains of the Hawash to the snows of Simien, with a description of the game, from elephant to ibex, and notes on the manners and customs of the natives . ng, when there was too muchsea to suit me, and I postponed attempting a meal tillwe called at Assab in the afternoon. At on ist August, we anchored at Aden, whereI had a busy two days, trying to discover what thenative agent had done with my baggage and all myletters, for my last news from home was nearly sixmonths old. The plague and contradictory instructions,since I had separated from the party, appeared to havecompletely muddled him : my kit for the voyage hadbeen despatched home long since, and my letters, as theyarrived, had been forwarded to Mr. Harrison in England !so I had to collect some scratch garments, and, as lorhome news, just possess my soul in patience. I heardthat the whole of our trophies sent from Tadechamalcahad been impounded by the Custom-house authorities atHarrar, as no pass from the Emperor had accompaniedthem, and that when they were eventually released, theplague prevented their getting further than Aden, wherethey had lain till just before my CHAP. XXXVII HOMEWARD BOUND 443 The P. & O. Caledonia came in a couple of hoursbefore she was expected, and I had to hurry on found a few old acquaintances, and we made a pleasantvoyage to Marseilles, where we arrived on Sunday the12th, the day on which President Loubet visited thecity. The place was filled with soldiers and a moderatecrowd, but the amount of enthusiasm displayed by thelatter was distinctly meagre, about the only cries heardbeing Vive Iarm^e ! Next day I reached home, whereI had a short three weeks rest, before joining my militiaregiment in Malta for garrison duty. Before leaving, Ihad the melancholy satisfaction of seeing my Tade-chamalca skins unpacked ; all of them were badlydamaged, while of some little remained except the
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