SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 2 1 3 



their teeth is by chewing a stick and rubbing their 

 grinders with the frayed end. About eleven o'clock I 

 started for Adavartee. This village is only one day's 

 march from Adowa ; in fact, from Adavartee you 

 can see the peculiarly-shaped conical-pointed hill 

 which marks the neighbourhood of the Abyssinian 

 capital. Before reaching Adavartee I stopped at a 

 house on the road which was tenanted by very civil 

 people, who brought my servants beer to drink. Petros 

 cooked some eggs and bacon for my lunch, after 

 which we rested a little while and then went on. We 

 were unable to reach Adavartee at all, but were 

 obliged to stop at a village called Adoqual. The 

 donkeys, with the tent, came up just before it was 

 dark, and, instead of my having to sleep in the village, 

 I moved to the tent outside, and slept comfortabl}- 

 there. The geese were roasted for dinner, and proved 

 capital food. 



