1 94 SFOR T IN ABYSSINIA. 



only thing I had to drink, this was very disagreeable, 

 as it was brought to me for my breakfast almost 

 boiling hot and excessively nasty. It is needless to 

 say this mistake never occurred again. This was not 

 his first offence, and Ali, who was a Cairo man, was 

 rather inclined at times to be sulky, and not to do 

 anything ; but on the whole he was not a bad 

 servant. 



