SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



only too glad during the first pause to leave so hot 

 an entertainment. 



One Sunday afternoon we drove out to the Pyramids, 

 and ate lunch under some trees, sitting on one of those 

 broken Egyptian wheels which are used for raising 

 water. Afterwards we went inside the Pyramids ; it 

 was very warm work, and we wc^re forced to buy 

 quantities of antiquities, which, I believe, are manu- 

 factured in Birmingham. 



I found I had to take off my boots in scrambling 

 down a labyrinth of narrow passages inside of the 

 Pyramid to get to the King's Chamber, for I had 

 twice been thrown on my back through having nails 

 in my boots. 



After having spent ten days at Cairo, I resolved to 

 start for Suez in order to make arrangements, and to 

 gain information about Abyssinia. By great luck I 

 met an Abyssinian merchant, quite a young fellow, 

 in the bazaar at Suez, who said he would go to 

 Abyssinia as my servant, and he turned out to be- 

 very useful, as he could speak Amharic, Arabic, and 

 Hindustanee, as well as English. Petros, such was 

 his name, followed me through Abyssinia, and nursed 

 me with great care when I fell very ill on my return 

 to the coast. 



I arrived at Suez just before H., who was to go 

 to Abyssinia with me ; he had come from South- 



