1 88 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



for this village, it is a horrid place, and there is no- 

 thing to shoot within miles of it. It is up on a hill, 

 but is on the way to the Mareb ; and so to-morrow I 

 am going to start with Fisk, Barrakee, Brou, and three 

 or four coolies. I shall leave some behind for you, 

 and they will bring you on ; Barrakee is going to leave 

 a man to show you the way. I hope I shall have 

 better luck than on the Tackazzee. As for flour, I 

 cannot send you as much as I would, but still send a 

 good lot. We have hardly any empty bags. We sent 

 you three the other day ; but when you get here have 

 them filled up, and come down. I send a bundle of 

 letters down, addressed to the consul at Suez — will 

 you see that one coolie, if not two, takes them down 

 to Massowah, to catch the steamer on the 24th of 

 March, as it only takes nine days at the outside to 

 get from Coom-Coom-Dema to Massowah. Do send 

 them for me to Arrekel Bey, and ask him to post 

 them. I send them to you, as I know you will have 

 some letters to send too. I have no ink or paper left. 

 This is the last — and I am writing to you now with 

 gunpowder and milk, which does capitally. I am 

 fearfully sorry about you, and should come back if I 

 thought I could do any good ; but I know I really 

 could not. But I trust, old fellow, you will be all 

 right by the time you receive this. I shall not send 

 the flour off from here till daylight on Tuesday morn- 



