374 THROUGH UNKNOWN AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
Lake Rudolf and Korokoro on the Tana. And still less of 
an undertaking would it be to take an expedition across 
Somaliland, from Berbera to the Boran country, provided 
the attacks on the part of the Abyssinians could be averted. 
In the latter case both the Somalis and the Gallas would 
eagerly assist the European forces. 
After the railroad to Uganda has been completed, it 
will not be difficult to establish a communication by rail 
between Lake Victoria Nyanza and Lake Rudolf. Besides 
the economic and political reasons which will eventually 
induce one of the civilized nations to rule Abyssinia, there 
are moral considerations which should compel all the civi- 
lized people of the world to lend their support to the 
crushing out of the Abyssinian power and to the substitu- 
tion of a humane government in place of Menelek’s brutal 
rule. Never have the evils of slavery shown themselves in 
a more terrible light than that in which they are now mant- 
festing themselves in Abyssinia, nor could as cruel a gov- 
ernment be found in the world as that which is in store 
for the tribes among whom I journeyed, if Menelek be not 
checked. 
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