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mountain stream which formed a series of cascades. 

 Leaving the solitary mountain of Wukkan on our left, 

 we passed into a more bushy country, in which I got a 

 couple of duiker and wounded a wolf, the only one I had 

 seen for a long time. We camped close to a field of 

 ripe barley, adorned with the most elaborate system of 

 " scaring " which I have seen in any country. Besides 



Processional Crosses, Missal, and Priestly Crutches from Gondar. 



the ordinary scarecrows dotted about, there were several 

 raised platforms, from which, by means of strings sup- 

 ported on props, the occupant could jiggle long lines 

 of rags. This sentinel was armed with a sling, as were 

 likewise a number of boys posted on little mounds 

 round the edges, so that any bird that was bold enough 

 to attempt to settle in the field would be within range of 

 one or other of the watchers — in fact, if the barley had 

 contained grains of silver, it could hardly have been 

 more carefully guarded. On the fourth day, the path 



