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a more civilised part of the country, and halted in 

 the bed of a small river called Maitumloo, where 

 at some deep pools the cattle were being watered by 

 the boys of the village, who were minding them. 

 Here we stopped for about half an hour, watering our 

 mules and resting ourselves ; we then made for the 

 village of Zadawalka. We did not actually go straight 

 up to the village, but camped in the usual camping- 

 place for travellers who go by this route, that is to 

 say, close to the water, of which there was a large 

 pool here. We pitched our tent on a little ledge just 

 over the pool, where there was barely room for the 

 tent and the camp fire. We had got in early this 

 afternoon, having come along at a pretty good pace ; 

 Petros and Hadji Mahomet had happened to lose 

 their way in the jungle, and did not come at all that 

 evening. 



Our coolies that we had brought from Koudoo- 

 fellassie, had, as is usual with most blacks when 

 they travel, brought very little food with them, for 

 when natives go a journey it is usually a succession 

 of forced marches, which they manage to do with 

 wonderfully little nourishment. They were all seated 

 at the pool, having washed off the dust of the jour- 

 ney, talking and chattering, when there appeared in 

 sight some villagers,r who Brou, the interpreter, told 

 me were returninu" from a funeral feast. Of course 



