SFOR T IN ABYSSINIA. i o i 



like a speck in the distance, and made straight across 

 country for it, much to the chagrin of my gun-bearer, 

 who wished to go by a path which hiy rather out of 

 the straight hnc. It was a heavy walk, as the jungle 

 was very thick ; in fact, in one patch of thorns I 

 found myself completely suspended. My face and 

 hands were torn, but at length I reached my mule, 

 feeling very fatigued, as the walk had been a long 

 one. When back in camp I arranged that K., to- 

 gether with Cassa, one of our head servants who 

 had charge of our transport arrangeuients, should 

 go on to Adiaboo with our heavy baggage, and 

 that we- should change our camp some little way 

 down the river in order to shoot over fresh ground. 

 I went out of camp in the evening, and a little 

 way down the river I heard a great rush in the 

 jungle on the bank. My gun-bearer said it was a 

 lion, when I sat down and waited for some little time, 

 but I could hear no sound, nor could I see anything, 

 so I went home to dinner. 



K. and I after dinner, over the camp-fire, were 

 talking of the Abyssinians and their religion. He 

 said that their version of the " fall of man " was 

 rather curious. It was this : Adam and Eve, who 

 lived in a beautiful garden, were happy and con- 

 tented, till one day the serpent came and said to Eve, 

 " Where is Adam ?" She answered, " He is in another 



