1 34 SFOR T IN ABYSSINIA. 



CHAPTER VIII. 



DONKEY ROBBERIES — REPRISALS — A FRIEND IN NEED — POSTMEN — 

 APOLOGIES — A THIEF SURPRISED — IN SEARCH OF A MILLER — THE 

 WAY TO GET WATER — A SWIM — ARRIVAL OF MY RIFLE — CUSTOM- 

 HOUSE — ELEPHANT-HUNTING — HINTS ON COSTUME — FIRESIDE 

 TALES — HOW TO PRODUCE FIRE — AN EPICURE — HARTEBEEST AND 

 GIRAFFES — JUNGLE FIRES. 



Feb. 3. — I find I began my rough journal to-day 

 with these words : " At last we leave this beastly 

 place, where all has been quarrelling and bargaining." 

 I certainly was heartily sick of it, and glad to get 

 away, and so I think were most of us. To make 

 matters worse, before we started, the servants came 

 and told us that four of our donkeys were missing, 

 two that the priest had lent us and two that we had 

 bought. At this we were furious. H. and I both 

 agreed that we would not stand this sort of nonsense, 

 and we went to K. and told him that we thought it 

 was disgraceful conduct on the part of the chief, and 

 vowed vengeance on the old sinner. K. tried to 

 pacify us, and said the donkeys would turn up in 

 time. 



