220 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap. 



Monkosar. On an open place beside the church was a 

 great gathering of people, come to attend the funeral of 

 an old villager. In the afternoon, a local shikari took 

 me to the other side of a detached hill, called Wuz, to 

 look for waterbuck, but although we saw four, I did not 

 shoot any, for all were cows. I now despatched one of 

 the guides to inform Ras Wurgay, governor of Damot 

 (who in Gojam ranks next after King Tecla Haymanot), 

 of my arrival. In due course the Shum brought the 

 usual provisions, but refused a glass of brandy, because 

 my man Adarar had forgotten to go through the form of 

 pouring a little into the palm of his own hand and first 

 sipping it ! 



Next day, leaving Wuz Hill on our left, I struck into 

 the jungle and soon bagged a couple of duiker, the first I 

 had secured since I left Adis Ababa. Under the skin of 

 the chest we found a number of little white sacs, the 

 eggs of some fly or other, looking like little bits of coarse 

 cotton. 



Having crossed the Gusar stream by a bridge, and 

 forded two other rivers (over which there were only foot- 

 bridges), we camped close to the village of Wun. Here 

 I doctored several people for itch, a disease which seems 

 very prevalent in this country : whole villages suffer 

 from it, and apparently the natives know of no efficient 

 cure. 



In the evening, a tremendous quantity of provisions 

 and drink arrived. These had been sent by Ras Wurgay, 

 who, I heard, was camped close to me, but did not wish 

 to see me till he could receive me in state at Burey. 

 The bread, which formed part of the present, was packed 



