214 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



CHAPTER XII, 



SELF-HELP — SCARCITY OF PROVISIONS — LAID-UP AGAIN — A RKUNION 

 — HOSPITALITY — AN OLD FRIEND — AN ALARM— ORDER OF BATTLE 

 — A FIELD DAY — "'KIND ENQUIRIES" — OLIVES AND OIL — PUR- 

 CHASE OF A CLUB — CATTLE PLAGUE — AN INJUDICIOUS DINNER — 

 MY ILLNESS INCREASES — I HAVE TO BE CARRIED — LUXURY OF A 

 WASH— I BUILD A HOUSE — THE SEA — CIVILIZATION AGAIN. 



March 17. — I occupied myself this morning in 

 cleaning up my guns and pistols, which had not been 

 looked at for the last three or four days. This was a 

 long, tiring affair, but I recommend all who are 

 similarly circumstanced to look to their fire-arms 

 themselves, unless they have a trustworthy European 

 servant with them, as natives always manage to do 

 everything contrariwise, and spoil the very best 

 weapons. I was now much better in health, but 

 still I suffered from bad diarrhoea. I started for 

 Gundet late in the afternoon ; the consequence being 

 that, as it was a long march, we lost our way. 

 Petros and Guyndem, whom I had sent up to some 

 villages to try to get eggs or chickens for my dinner 

 that night, happened to lose us completely, as we 



