220 SPORT IN ABYSSINIA. 



undisciplined and badly-armed Abyssinians with 

 Egyptian troops would be hopeless.' Now, the Egyp- 

 tians would have to fight through mountain passes 

 and hills — a warfare well suited to Abyssinian tactics, 

 and not one that Egyptian troops would either appre- 

 ciate or well understand. The Abyssinians are just 

 as well armed as the Afghans were when we fought 

 against them on the frontiers of India. The name of 

 the Turk is hated in Abyssinia, and used as an 

 epithet of opprobrium." 



In the afternoon I started on the road to Ad- 

 goosmou, and climbed the abruptly steep hill at 

 the top of which, if my readers remember, Borum 

 Braswouldeselassie took leave of us. The table- 

 land on which I found myself is called Serai, and 

 is celebrated for its fertility. I travelled on, and 

 stopped by some water, a little way beyond the 

 village of Adv/ahla. The servants were rather an- 

 noyed at stopping away from the village, as there 

 was not any shelter near, and I had only just erected 

 the tent when a fearful thunder-storm came down on 

 us ; luckily, my bed and things were inside, and so 

 everything was all dry, but the wretched servants got 

 wet through and through, and it was with great 

 difficulty that Ali kindled a fire with cattle-dung for 

 fuel, as no sticks or wood could be got anywhere near. 



