Clip TE. Vv. 
THe ARuUSA GALLAS —GALLA CHIEFS TELL ME OF ABYSSINIAN DEPREDA- 
TIONS — THE COUNTRY OF THE ARUSA GALLAS — A DELIGHTFUL 
CHANGE 
EXCELLENT FARMING LANDS — WE MEET AN ABYSSINIAN.— 
AMUSING THE INHABITANTS OF LUKU— ARRIVAL AT SHEIKH HuSEIN — 
REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES -— THE ToMB OF SHEIKH HusEIN — AN IN- 
TERESTING RECEPTION — WE FIND OURSELVES IN AN  ABYSSINIAN 
STRONGHOLD -— Mt. ABpouGasIN— THE HEIGHT oF HOospPITALITY ON 
THE PART OF AN ABYSSINIAN OFFICER —My Boys REVOLT — COLD 
AND Rainy — Mr. FRrepD GILLETT’S ELEPHANT Hunt — MIRACLES 
WROUGHT BY SHEIKH HuSseEIN— Natives—A Kupu Drive — Sum- 
MONS FROM THE ABYSSINIAN GENERAL — GILLETT STARTS FOR GINEA ° 
—A Curious ANIMAL — GUINEA-FOWL — JOURNEY TO THE ABYSSINIAN 
‘Town — My FRIEND’s ACCOUNT. 
HE natives near the Shebeli River are much poorer 
than those living farther to the west, but I was much 
struck by their refined features. They are very like the 
Somalis in their bronze color and curly wavy hair, and 
their voices are most musical and soft. The large round 
shields they carry, made of the hide of oxen, are usually 
handsomely decorated, and their single long thrusting 
spears are well made, though very heavy. The short 
javelin, or throwing spear, is only occasionally found 
among them. I was surprised also at the excellent man- 
ner in which many of their ornaments were made, — tiny 
needles of iron, wood, and horn, wooden combs, and 
little forceps for plucking out thorns, huge leaden brace- 
lets, very prettily ornamented, and bracelets of ivory, 
being among the various things of native manufacture that 
attracted our attention at once. I found that they made 
