PREFACE 



supplied me with much useful information and a number 

 of excellent photographs. iMy special thanks are due 

 to the Hon. Walter Rothschild, who kindly undertook 

 the classification and description of the specimens of 

 Mammals shot during the trip. This section will give 

 to the volume a value, in respect to the Natural History 

 of the country traversed, which it would not otherwise 

 possess. For the identification of the seeds collected 

 at Adua I am indebted to the officials at the Royal 

 Gardens at Kew. The photographs of the Abyssinian 

 letters, arms, curios, and heads of beasts, which appear 

 among the illustrations, are by G. M. Powell-Cotton. 



To all those contemplating an Abyssinian trip the 

 "Hints to Sportsmen" given in the Appendix will, it 

 may be hoped, prove acceptable. 



P. H. G. POWELL-COTTOX. 



QuEX Park, 



January 1902. 



