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 . ilt armlet presentedto him for valour in the the best part of hisstock had been bought up bythe various Europeans on theirway home, he still had a num-ber of interesting curios other things I boughtseveral Galla weapons and orna-ments, a curious shield, muchlarger and of a different patternto the Shoan buckler, ivorybracelets weighin
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 . ilt armlet presentedto him for valour in the the best part of hisstock had been bought up bythe various Europeans on theirway home, he still had a num-ber of interesting curios other things I boughtseveral Galla weapons and orna-ments, a curious shield, muchlarger and of a different patternto the Shoan buckler, ivorybracelets weighing severalpounds each, a straight, double-edged sword with anivory handle, like an ancient Roman gladius, a spearwith a very long and tapering head, hair-pins and combsof bone, and wooden pillows differing in shape fromthese used by the Somalis. He had also several illus-trated books, but as these were not very good specimens,and I was told I should be able to get much bettercopies in Gondar and Tigre, I did not buy any. ThisI much regretted afterwards as, although I tried myutmost throughout my journey, I did not succeed infinding a single illustrated book for sale. Once I wastold of one, and waited some hours while it was beine. Balambaras Giorgis. A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap, xi brought to me, but found on inspection that its illus-trations consisted of a small coloured print stuck insidethe cover. There is one man in the market who makes churchbrass-work, and sometimes has some old pieces forsale ; from him I got an incense-burner, a bell, aprocessional cross, and a crutch for the head of thewands which the priests carry. But curios are hard tofind, as directly anything good is for sale it is snappedup by one or other of the foreign embassies.
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