CONTENTS 



P'lench embassies — M. le due d'Entotto — A triumph for British interests — 

 Selassee Church — The Russian Medical Mission — Weighing ivory— A religious 

 marriage — Abyssinian marriage customs ..... Page 80 



CHAPTER X 



MeneHk's palace — The Emperor receives us — He grants us leave to travel — A 

 Natural History book — His military power — His attention to details — How he 

 snubbed a braggart — P'nglish and French visitors — The Empress . . 93 



CHAPTER XI 



Markets I have seen — The market-place of Adis Ababa — The chief's tribune — Live- 

 stock — ^Jewellery — Lion skins — Swords — Cloth — Money-changers — Butter — 

 Beer — Knives — Bamboos — Horses — Mules — A thief thrashed — European 

 shops — Indian merchants — A veteran curio dealer .... 106 



CHAPTER XH 



The Emperor — Gorgeous vestments — Dancing before the Ark — The Emperor's 

 courtesy — The private chapel — The audience chamber — The great hall — 

 A royal lunch — 12,000 guests — Mighty drinking-horns — An Abyssinian 

 band . . . . . . . . . . . .121 



CHAPTER Xni 



How the Queen's present of horses and hounds travelled to Adis Ababa — Hounds 

 die — The first coursing-meeting attended by the Emperor — " Gucks " the 

 national game — Menelik entertained at the British Agency — A dog's 

 escort . ... . . . . . . . . -133 



CHAPTER XIV 



Journey to Tadechamalca — We desimtch our trophies to the coast — I return alone to 

 the capital— My farewell interview with the Negus — His concern for Captain 

 Harrington — His interest and knowledge of shooting and travel — Native troops 

 in Lidia — The Transvaal War . . . . . . . .142 



