. Exploration of the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia : the sources, supply, and overflow of the Nile; the country, people, customs, etc. Interspersed with highly exciting adventures of the author among elephants, lions, buffaloes, hippopotami, rhinoceros, etc., accompanied by expert native sword hunters . ons visited by Speke and Baker,further south, the great Lake country, a countrywholly repulsive. The Abyssinian highlands are asattractive as the Lake district is uninviting. It is hardly to be doubted, that in the future therewill be two leading routes for reaching Abyssinia—one by way of Mass
. Exploration of the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia : the sources, supply, and overflow of the Nile; the country, people, customs, etc. Interspersed with highly exciting adventures of the author among elephants, lions, buffaloes, hippopotami, rhinoceros, etc., accompanied by expert native sword hunters . ons visited by Speke and Baker,further south, the great Lake country, a countrywholly repulsive. The Abyssinian highlands are asattractive as the Lake district is uninviting. It is hardly to be doubted, that in the future therewill be two leading routes for reaching Abyssinia—one by way of Massouah, the other the one taken byBaker, and leading through Cassala. Indeed, thisgreat explorer was strenuous in his advice that theBritish army should take this course. He pointed outthe great danger to be apprehended by approachingfrom the east, in the want of water; and had it notbeen for the artesian wells, the disregard of Bakersadvice would have been fatal to the whole army. Allthings taken into account, however, I am inclined tothink that the route by Massouah will henceforth beregarded as the most available, so close and easy arethe connections between this post, Taez, Aden andBombay. Massouah is under Turkish control, andhas no connection whatever with the empire ofAbyssinia. 40 HAB AB. I 1V\ I?i t: n V k\ SI ^ ) n A
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