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as he was, pitched the camp just outside the village, 

 in a sort of little garden that the villagers had made 

 to grow their capsicums in ; it was surrounded by a 

 thick thorn hedge, made of boughs cut from the 

 thorny acacia. This hedge provided us with wood 

 without any trouble ; so we made two large bonfires 

 to warm ourselves, ate some supper, and turned in 

 after a long worrying day. The other half of the 

 baggage had not come up when we retired to our 

 tents. 



jfan. i6 : Sellaadarou. — After breakfast this morn- 

 ing I went out shooting, taking with me a native of 

 the village to show me the way. I " put up " some 

 partridges, among them a young florican, which I 

 shot, much to the astonishment of the Abyssinian. 

 They never can make out how birds can be shot 

 while on the wing, as their plan is to get as near 

 as possible, and then " pot " the birds on the ground — 

 a very good one too, if the sportsman is hungry. I 

 never knew before that there were floricans in Abys- 

 sinia ; there are plenty in some parts of India. The 

 bird was delicious eating. I saw two dark mouse- 

 brown deer, but could not get at them, and, of course, 

 for a long shot I wanted my Express rifle. When I 

 came into camp I found that some of the villagers of 

 Sellaadarou had carried on a few of our things. 

 H. had been round the vilkifje with some of our ser- 



