96 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



him the left barrel, which caught him just behind the 

 ear ; he rolled over like a rabbit, and lay with his 

 legs kicking in the air. He turned out to be a wart- 

 hog. We skinned him and took off his head, which I 

 have kept. Goubasee, while the operation of skinning 

 was going on, cut off large lumps of the quivering 

 flesh and stuffed them into his mouth ; he seemed 

 to enjoy it very much. Nearly all Abyssinians eat 

 brimdo, which is their name for raw meat, and in 

 consequence of this they are all affected with tcBJiia, or 

 tapeworm, and have periodically (I believe once a 

 month) to take a very strong purgative medicine, 

 which they call coiissott. This destroys the worm for 

 a time, but it always reappears again. By reason of 

 this, nearly all Abyssinian men are very hollow- 

 cheeked, and some of them exceedingly thin ; but, 

 notwithstanding this, their powers of marching long 

 distances over their hills with very little food is 

 something marvellous. 



When we had skinned the wart-hog and taken 

 away what we wanted for food, we hung up the 

 carcase in a tree. Before going any farther I wish to 

 recommend all sportsmen who go out to wild countries 

 to learn a little butchering before leaving home ; it is 

 most useful not only to know how to cut up a beast, 

 but also to know the different parts of the animal, 

 their names, and what to reject and what to keep for 



