A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



a good-natured, smiling face and good figure, but they 

 seldom have the regular features so common among the 

 men. They wear their hair either clipped short like the 

 men, or parted into narrow bands and tightly plaited close 

 to the head, the ends tied back in a bunch. Both men 

 and women dearly love to place a large pat of butter 



on the crown of their 

 heads, and sit in the 

 sun until it melts, 

 saturating their hair, 

 and trickling down 

 their shoulders. The 

 women wear a single 

 o^arment, made like a 

 long loose chemise, 

 reaching to their 

 ankles, and bound 

 round the waist with 

 a 



ments, 



more wealthy, are 

 often elaborately 

 embroidered round 

 the neck and on the 



scarf." These gar- 

 among the 



A Lady of Shoa and her Attendant. 



sleeves, which are very tight and long, so that when 

 drawn on they somewhat resemble the fashionable 

 rucked sleeve of a few years ago. When riding, 

 which they do astride, they wear tight cotton drawers 

 embroidered from knee to ankle. The feet are bare, 

 and the great toe alone is thrust into the stirrup. 

 The shanima, or white cotton shawl, which even in 



