THE ABYSSINIANS. 79 
Remington rifles, besides different kinds of French breech- 
loaders. 
Excepting a few officers who have recently been trained 
by French and Russian military men, there are no Abys- 
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ABYSSINIAN KNIVES AND MULE COLLAR. 
sinians devoting their whole lives to military duty. Every 
Abyssinian is a soldier, and receives a little drilling from 
time to time, so that he may quickly obey orders when 
called upon to do duty in times of war. They go about 
with a rifle hung over the shoulder, superintending their 
