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I was much pleased at finding the black-and-white 

 monkeys in such splendid coat, since, besides being rare, 

 they are only found in special and widely-separated 

 localities ; for in all my long journey through Abyssinia 

 and Erythrea, I only saw or heard of them in one other 

 place, and there they seemed but very few. 



Close to my camp was a shapeless pile of lichen- 

 covered, squared stones, while many others were lying 

 about. What they were I could not make out, nor 

 did any of the inhabitants seem to know anything 

 about them. 



On Monday, 12th February, we returned to Adis 

 Ababa in one march. My mule bolted with me on the 

 way, and both of us came a cropper down a steep bank, 

 but beyond a few bruises no damage was done. 



