CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



I low I came to visit Abyssinia-Departure from Loudon — Detain the mail steamer^ 

 at Marseilles and Aden-Zeila — Enrolling our followers — Ditticullies with men 

 — Camel inspection — Captain Harrington's caravan leaves -The native 

 town ............ I'age i 



CHAPTER II 



Start for the interior — Too much kit— I'irst head of game — Headman sent back for 

 more camels — A night alarm — Native wells — Early marching — We are weighed 

 — Higher ground and a pretty camp — A trying march kills camels — Camel-post 

 station — Lesser Kudu ground — Beira antelope — A run of bad luck- Travellers 

 from Jibuti ........... lo 



CHAPTER III 



Drilling the escort — The devil'.s mountain — Hot sjirings — Gildessa— The .Slnini calls 

 • — We try our mules — French rifles for Menelik— A country of running water — 

 Camels dying — A red-letter day with lesser kudu — IL bags an ant-bear — The 

 first klipspringer — Protecting our cam]i — Bad shooting . . . 21 



CHAPTER IV 



Tombacca, chief of the Oderali — Does France, Russia, or Italy rule England ? 

 Blackmail — A rifle l^ent by the sun — Our shooting stopped — Tombacca's 

 village — His treatment of French travellers— Great demand for soap — Inso- 

 lence of natives — A banquet and after-dinner speeches — Wanted, a son and heir 



