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 . journey. After the fall of Omdurman, he had apparentlyproved useful to our intelligence officers, and, whenthings had quieted down, he set out for his own country,but had twice to abandon the journey through sickness. That evening, a present of fowls and eggs, breadand milk, limes and turengo (shaddock), a fruit Ihad not seen previously in Abyssinia, in additio
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 . journey. After the fall of Omdurman, he had apparentlyproved useful to our intelligence officers, and, whenthings had quieted down, he set out for his own country,but had twice to abandon the journey through sickness. That evening, a present of fowls and eggs, breadand milk, limes and turengo (shaddock), a fruit Ihad not seen previously in Abyssinia, in addition tobundles of fuel, arrived from the Kanyazmatch. Healso came to see us off next morning, and said it wasonly a short march to the foot of the Sabandas range,where the guide he was sending v/ith me would berelieved by another. After some persuasion, I got themto sit for a group ; but it was evident they did not like2 c -,86 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA the proceeding. A priest, who accompanied them, pro-tected himself with my field-glasses—on the principleof devil fight devil, I suppose—while the other chief mencarefully covered their mouths and nostrils with theirshammas. In less than an hour we reached Mariam Izzeto,. Group of Tigreans. where 1 was informed another guide would be waiting for the latter, I examined a small dome-shaped sandstone hill, in which my men seemed to betaking a great interest. They told me the traditionwas that the hill enclosed a magnificent church, to whichonce upon a time a great lady came on a people began to prepare a feast for her inside thechurch, when St. Mary appeared and forbade them, asit was not a feast day. Just then the great ladyarrived at the church door and ordered the feast tobe carried inside, she and all her retinue following;immediately St. Mary caused a great slab of stone to falland close the entrance, and thejre it is to this day. A A LEGEND 387 natural stone archway, with a perfectly smooth
Size: 1975px × 1266px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1902
