SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 1 1 9 



which Abyssinian servants in a very short time put 

 up. It is made of four tall forked poles ; over these 

 are laid boughs which are again interlaced with other 

 boughs. It makes a delightfully cool shade for the 

 middle of the day, and we always used to live in 

 one when we were in camp during the day, but of 

 course we slept in our tent at night. A " das " was 

 very necessary here, as there was no shade to be found 

 for some distance round. K. was very pleased to see 

 us. He had come a shorter route, and his party had 

 almost lost their way and been very hard pressed for 

 water. He said he had been very ill on the journey, 

 and scarcely able to ride his mule. The black sheep 

 that, my readers will remember, we had made a pet 

 of was completely worn out, and was carried, the 

 greater part of the journey, by one of the servants. 



K. had told me that Rass Barea, the chief of 

 Tigre, had written to the chief of Adiaboo to say that 

 hunters were to be placed at our disposal, and that 

 men were to accompany us down into the country 

 where elephants and other large game were to be 

 found. Adik, the chief of Adiaboo, was in camp ready 

 to pay his comj^liments and to ask us what we wanted. 

 He and his followers all sat on the ground a short 

 way off, with their shamas thrown across their shoulders 

 and covering their mouths ; this is always considered, 

 in Abyssinia, a most dignified position. Here wc found 



