SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



12 lbs. of tea, done up in i lb. tins. 



1 doz. bottles of mixed pickles. 

 1 8 2-oz. pots of Liebig's extract of meat. 



The cocoa and milk in tins was one of the most 

 useful of the provisions we had, as it only required the 

 addition of hot water to make a most delicious cup of 

 cocoa. This was very useful when starting early in 

 the morning and things were wanted in a hurry, and 

 it was quite a meal by itself. German rusks I would 

 also recommend, as they are very good eating, and do 

 not dry up the mouth so much as biscuits. Of course 

 these provisions were helped out a great deal by fresh 

 meat, milk, eggs, bread, etc., which we found in the 

 country. Besides all this, we took a large sack of 

 onions, about two donkey-loads of rice, some potatoes, 

 some salt for table use in bottles, and some black 

 pepper and mustard. Coffee of the very best sort can 

 be got at Massowah. We took a little sugar \\ith 

 us, but it was not properly packed, and all melted 

 together in one compact mass. The best way to take 

 sugar would be to have pounded loaf-sugar done up 

 in pickle bottles or tins. 



With regard to the cooking, H, had a large tin 

 box which contained a canteen made by Thornhill, of 

 Bond Street ; into this all the boiling cans and a 

 small kettle fitted, the one into the other. I would 



