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 . et in inaccuracies can only be accounted for by a lapseof memory on the part of the writer, similar to thatwhich made him describe the round corner-towers assquare, or else he included in his estimate the two upperstories of the donjon, and by the audience-chambermeant a separate building, which I describe the terrace on the roof of the
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 . et in inaccuracies can only be accounted for by a lapseof memory on the part of the writer, similar to thatwhich made him describe the round corner-towers assquare, or else he included in his estimate the two upperstories of the donjon, and by the audience-chambermeant a separate building, which I describe the terrace on the roof of the castle I had asplendid view. On the north-west lay the buildingsof the palace of Yasous, which I had just visited,and beyond, but further north, the sloping heightsof Debra Tzai, while far in the north - east rosethe giant peaks of Simien. On the south lay inthe immediate ioreoround the crroves and tuculs THE GREAT CASTLE 313 of the city, entwined by the two rivers spoken of byBruce. Beyond its Hmits stretched a verdant plain,along which the eye travelled till on the southernhorizon it caught a glimpse of the silver surface ofLake Tana. Behind the kings house to the north-east isanother large building, 54 feet in length by 24 in. YA3UUS THE GREAT:, CA;TlE. width ; it is attributed to Yasous the Great, whobuilt it for his wife, and presents several remarkablefeatures. The ceiling of the upper storey, instead ofbeing flat, as in all the other buildings, is vaultedwith brick ribs filled in with concrete ; this storey isapproached by an inclined plane of very shallow steps,which winds up the outside of a circular tower; aplatform, now fallen, led from this tower to anotherat the north-west corner of the building, inside whicha staircase gave access to the roof. The upper floor 314 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA is divided into two chief rooms, the larger of whichis 33 feet long by i8 feet wide. In the walls arecavities, which I believe served as flues, heated byfires on the grou
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