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 . -j /( GALLAMID£H. in the far distance, although we could see stretches ofmore level ground, none of the vivid green of the bamboocaught the eye. The track led to the edge of the cliffand descended by a rift in its side, more like the bed ofa torrent than a path ; this it took the mules half an hourto scramble down, doing indeed no injury to the baggage,but a gr
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 . -j /( GALLAMID£H. in the far distance, although we could see stretches ofmore level ground, none of the vivid green of the bamboocaught the eye. The track led to the edge of the cliffand descended by a rift in its side, more like the bed ofa torrent than a path ; this it took the mules half an hourto scramble down, doing indeed no injury to the baggage,but a great deal to their backs, as I afterwards discoveredto my annoyance. Next, a long easy slope took us pasttwo curious domes of rock, and afterwards by a largermass called Aurer Masarres, which forms a landmarkfor many miles round. On the way I heard a rustle inthe grass and fired at the indistinct form of an animal,which fell, and proved to be a duiker ; as I had no meat THE LAST VILLAGE 327 for dinner, it was very welcome. As w^e descendedlower and lower, the landscape presented the appear-ance of a series of forest-clad hills, interspersed withwell-watered dales. In a little clearing on the slopeof one of these hills, we found,
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