A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



CHAPTER XV 



Collecting a caravan — Passports from the Negus — An Irish resident from the time uf 

 Theodore — Building the Residency — The Emperor's forest of Managasha — 

 Lovely scenery — Bushbuck — Black and white monkeys — Reedbuck -Duiker- 

 Return to the capital ........ Page 151 



CHAPTER XVI 



Collecting dollars — A sick mule and a native vet ■ — Entotto the old capital — 

 St. Mariam's — The ruined fort — St. Raguel's — An angiy priest — Curious 

 pictures — A thunderstorm — Tlie tent wrecked — Compound swamped — Loss 

 of life 164 



CHAPTER XVH 



Abyssinian tents — Pack-saddles — The trade-dollar of Africa — Letters to the 

 Governor of Erythrea — A lieutenant of Leontieft's — News of the Boer War — 

 The Russian Legation are refused permission to travel to Massowah — " In- 

 telligence "' of Abyssinia via Europe — My caravan, its composition — I leave the 

 Agency and set out (^n my journey north . . . . . ^. 175 



CHAPTER XVHI 



A curious ruin — One man's meat is another man's poison — The head-waters of the 

 Moguer — Grand scenery — I weigh my men — Somalis' acute sense of smell — 

 Crossing Salali — ^ Shoot a couple of klipspringers and foil a leopard — Long- 

 haired monkeys and hyrax — Trouble with my Abyssinian servants — A rich 

 country — A natural fortress — A petty headman — The lilue Nile — A splendid 

 panorama . ....... . . . 1S5 



CHAPTER XIX 



An obstinate guide — A path only fit for monkeys — " Tota "-shooting — A devil's home 

 — Hippopotamus-shooting^-Two walk ashore, another sinks — A busy day — 

 Firing a mule — Fording the Abbai — Crocodile-shooting — A dangerous crossing 

 — Great heat — Racing a jungle-fire — A picturesque village — Herds of bohor— 

 The Abyssinian wolf and field-rats ....... 195 



