To Menelek in a motor-car . t^ ^ ^..^ ill ?.? 4 ,v •? c t fr jt. QZ < Zj< o en oO -D 3 3 o TO MENELEK IN A MOTOR-CAR along, and they started at a fine pace amid admiring Ow ! Ow ! s but soon the wheels began to sinkinto the sand, top speed came down to third, third tosecond, and very soon second to first. The com-bined effect of sun, which soon made it impossibleto touch any iron work, and first-speed ploughingsoon made the engine so hot that it was necessaryto call a halt. They selected the shadiest clump ofmimosa within reach and stopped the engine, forthey did not want to begin with a
To Menelek in a motor-car . t^ ^ ^..^ ill ?.? 4 ,v •? c t fr jt. QZ < Zj< o en oO -D 3 3 o TO MENELEK IN A MOTOR-CAR along, and they started at a fine pace amid admiring Ow ! Ow ! s but soon the wheels began to sinkinto the sand, top speed came down to third, third tosecond, and very soon second to first. The com-bined effect of sun, which soon made it impossibleto touch any iron work, and first-speed ploughingsoon made the engine so hot that it was necessaryto call a halt. They selected the shadiest clump ofmimosa within reach and stopped the engine, forthey did not want to begin with a seized piston. The shade temperature, as Wells remarked, wasnot much hotter than an English oven, so they setcheerfully to work in preparing for further got into working costume, which presentedno great difficulty, as it only meant the removalof the white ducks ; the two white men rolled up thesleeves of their shirts and proceeded to unlash theplanks from the car. With the perspiration drippingfrom them, for the slightest manual labour in theS
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