3 8 SPOR T IN ABYSSINIA. 



Jan. 5. — We got up rather late the next morning, 

 and H. went out shooting. I said I would stay in 

 camp and receive Kirkham when he came, but he did 

 not arrive after all till the afternoon ; so, having waited 

 for him until twelve, I decided to go out shooting. 

 I proceeded down to the watercourse, and had not 

 gone far before I came to a pool, at which some pigs 

 were about to drink ; I tried to stalk them, but they 

 trotted away. I then turned sharp to the left into 

 the jungle, and wandered about some little time. 

 One could not well imagine a more likely place for 

 wild game, and I expected every moment to see 

 some strange animal dart out of the bushes. 



The air was very hot. I had walked about an hour 

 and a half, and I determined to rest and eat some 

 sardines and a crust of bread which I had brought 

 with me. I got on the top of a little mound, and was 

 discussing my luncheon, when I heard a sort of 



tendered his sei-vices to the king, and was made a colonel of the 

 Abyssinian army. Having drilled some Abyssinian soldiers in the 

 EngHsh fashion for the king, in the battle which the king fought 

 against the rebel Goubasse he gained a well-won reputation, for it 

 was owing entirely to those men that Johannes the king won this battle. 

 After this he was made commander-in-chief, which he is now. It may 

 be remembered by some of my readers that General Kirkham came 

 home to England on a mission from King Johannes, to claim pro- 

 tection for Abyssinia from the English Government. This mission 

 failed, and he returned to Abyssinia. 



