206 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



I sent on the donkeys with the tent to Maihumloo, a 

 little river where we had camped before, at the end of 

 the Sememmar Plain, meaning to go on in the after- 

 noon. I tried at this village to get two men to carry 

 some of my things, but they asked a great deal 

 too much, and so we could not come to terms. On 

 my way to Adiaboo, Goubasee stopped an old man, 

 and his wife and daughter, and asked the old gentle- 

 man if he would help to carry the load Goubasee 

 had with him. The old patriarch asked where we 

 were going to ; Goubasee replied Sememmar, and that 

 he would get a dollar if he carried the load ; upon 

 which, without a moment's hesitation, notwithstanding 

 the entreaties of his wife and daughter, he picked up 

 the load and carried it along. His daughter then 

 began to cry, and said she would not leave him, so 

 they both joined our little party. This was a great 

 piece of luck for me, as it relieved Goubasee of a large 

 part of his load. 



The market was just over as I passed through 

 Adiaboo. I tried to find some man to guide me 

 the short way of which Zaroo had told me, but 

 none of them would go, as they said it was a bad 

 road, the stages were long, and there was very 

 little water. While I was talking to these people a 

 young man came up and said that he had letters 

 for Rass ]\Iayo, which was the name I went by in 



