1 1 6 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



of them was utterly exhausted, and said he was dying. 

 I imagined it would be a good idea to serve them 

 all with honey, of which they are very fond, and 

 accordingly I made them come forward, and gave 

 them each a large handful of honey. Directly the 

 dying coolie heard that this honey was being given he 

 appeared to get wonderfully better, and jumped up 

 and came for his share. He had given a good deal 

 of trouble on the march and always lagged behind, 

 calling on the other coolies to carry his load ; so I 

 said he was not to have any, and I did not give him 

 any. These natives have to be treated like children 

 in every respect. I had arrived at the place where 

 I fixed the camp a little before H., and, hearing 

 some wild geese cackling up the stream, I took my 

 gun and went to try to bag one of them for dinner. 

 I fired at them and missed. Not many seconds after 

 firing H. appeared from behind some bushes, and 

 we discovered we had both 'been stalking the same 

 geese. It is very lucky I did not pepper him. He 

 seemed a little annoyed ; but this sort of thing very 

 often occurs when two fellows are shooting together 

 in a wild country. I went out by myself afterwards 

 to try and get some partridges, as I heard a few 

 calling to each other near camp. I managed to kill a 

 brace, and they proved very acceptable food after our 

 long and tedious march. 



