114 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



CHAPTER VII. 



A LONG MARCH — ^A NATIVE GARDEN— COOLIES AND THE WAY TO 

 TREAT THEM — MARKETS — A BATTLE-FIELD — COOL SHADE — "THE 

 FIRST POST " — SHIELDS AND SPEARS — JOHN — POTATOES— SILVER- 

 SMITHS — A NEW FRIEND — COOLIE SQUABBLES — AN APPEAL — 

 DONKEY BUYING — SHOE-MAKING — A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF OUR 

 ROUTE — SOURCES OF THE TACKAZZEE — MARRIAGE FESTIVITIES — 

 I TURN SURGEON — A MUSICAL PARTY — MY REPUTATION AS A 

 DOCTOR. 



Jan. 29. — To-day we made a very long march, in 

 fact, the lonp-est we had made since we had been in 

 the country. We started at 7 o'clock in the morning, 

 leaving the village of Zadawalka on our right, and 

 we struck across the table-land in front of us, Avhich 

 was intersected by a large ravine. The scenery on 

 the table-land was lovely, and the streams became 

 more frequent. Towards the middle of the day we 

 reached a very extensive plain ; in the distance might 

 be seen the high-peaked hill which marks Adiaboo. 

 It is just below this, and in the shade of a large tree, 

 that the market of Adiaboo is held every Saturday. 

 The principal village on the plain was one called 

 Sememmar. We got off our mules and went to forage 



