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 . though we came across afew tracks of bushbuck and pig. In many places therewere numbers of a thorn-tree bearinof tassels of white RUINED VILLAGES and mauve blossom, which made a pretty contrast tothe green of the other trees. The caravan of nagadiscame in later and camped close by—an attention wecould have dispensed with, as they and their beastskept up such a
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 . though we came across afew tracks of bushbuck and pig. In many places therewere numbers of a thorn-tree bearinof tassels of white RUINED VILLAGES and mauve blossom, which made a pretty contrast tothe green of the other trees. The caravan of nagadiscame in later and camped close by—an attention wecould have dispensed with, as they and their beastskept up such a din all night that sleep was impossible. The next march, we hoped, would take us to Adua,which lay among the cone-shaped, rocky hills in thedistance ; but it was all up-hill, past numerous ruinedvillages, and when, after five and a half hours toil, welearnt that it was still another hour off, I decided to was pitched beside two or three deep pools ofwater, into one of which a mule managed to tumble, andit took sixteen of us to haul him out again, the banksbeing so steep and slippery. Three of my four Somaliswere sick, and several of the mules had sore backsowing to the hilly roads, so I had plenty of doctoringto TiGREAN Red-Pepper Bo; CHAPTER XXXIV We reach Adua—A Greek trader—Adua market—King Johns interpreter—A tantahsing episode—Battle and sporting pictures—Ledj Marchashouse—An Abyssinian trial—My passports discussed—The battle ofAdua. It was as well we halted where we did, for next day ittook over two hours to reach Adua, where we campedon a nice stretch of Q;rass to the east of the town, andclose by the market-place. The town is built on a hillround two large churches, and, with the exception ofGondar, is the most substantial-looking place I have seenin all Abyssinia. A Greek who trades between hereand Asmara came to see me and gave me various itemsof news, in return for which I tried to sell him somelame mules, but without success. My ne
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