SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 6l 



bag-gage over to the head-man of the village. This 

 is a usual mode of proceeding in Abyssinia ; one is 

 passed on from village to village, and if the villages 

 happen to be close together the day is spent in 

 quarrelling and in looking over and counting the 

 baggage. When I rode up they were all talking at 

 once and making a horrid noise, as is usual on such 

 occasions. I asked for a hearing, and informed the 

 villagers of Adouguada that if they did not carry our 

 baggage I should take two cows and two sheep 

 from the village, and stop there all that night with my 

 servants ; under these circumstances they would have 

 to provide us with bread, etc. Brou, the interpreter, 

 advised me to do this ; he said, "It is the only way 

 to get on, and you are travelling in the king's name, 

 and can have what you want." H. then came up 

 with K., and we procured something to eat and some 

 coffee. The villagers made much noise and gesticu- 

 lation, and then at last picked up half our things 

 and went off 



We then started for Sellaadarou, the place we were 

 going to camp at that night. It was bright moon- 

 light, and the moon in the East, as some of my 

 readers probably know, appears very different from 

 our moon at home. It was a beautiful ride, but a 

 little cold. We arrived at Sellaadarou about nine 

 P.M., or perhaps a little later. K., like an old soldier 



