A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



— Unprincii^led conduct of four European travellers — An anxious night — A 

 narrow shave — An exhibition shot — A plain covered with flocks and game — A 

 hot climb rewarded — Ordah lake — A duck shoot — A lovely camp Page 32 



CHAPTER V 



An imaginative shikari and the dance he led us — A good game country — Two of us 

 stalk the same herd — A waterless plain — Hartebeest, ostrich, oryx, zebra, and 

 aul — The Hawash valley — The hot spring of Biien — A great hunt for buffalo — 

 They outwit us — A large herd of elephants — I turn a charge — A great waste 

 of meat ............41 



CHAPTER VI 



Cutting out ivory — Clame of all sorts — Hippo shooting — A fine waterbuck — 

 Christmas Day — Our respective kits — A band of Gaila horsemen — Fording the 

 Hawash and the Cubanoar — A refractory camel — A Christmas dinner . 52 



CHAPTER VH 



A park-like country — I stay behind for lion — No money or meat — Mule and donkey 

 stolen — An awkward dilemma — A friend in need — A night near lions and 

 elephants — I pursue the caravan — The main camp — The others gone to the 

 capital- I overtake them — A polite official — A long march — Mahomed finds a 

 friend — Shoa men and women — A message from the palace . . 62 



CHAPTER Vni 



A Russian officer and his wife — M. Ilg, Councillor of State — Leontieff' and his 

 doings on the Omo — Vexatious travelling — We reach the capital^ — The British 

 Agency — The Italian Residency and a New Year's dinner— Captain Harring- 

 ton's reasons for our going to Rudolf . . . . . . 7 1 



CHAPTER IX 



Topography of Adis Ababa — A circular tour — Situation of the embassies and the 

 chief public buildings — The telephone station and post-office — The Custom- 

 house — The Gebi — Selassee Hill — The arsenal — ^'isit to the Russian and 



