530 



A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



St. Tecla Haymanot legend, 294 



Salaba Suncassa, 260 



Salali, governor of, 191 



Salt, crystallised [see Amole) 



Salt, Sir Henry, 401, 402, 464 



Sanders, Major, 476 



Savoure, M., 84, 117 



" Scaring " system in country, 350 



Sclater and Thomas, Messrs., 461, 473 



Selassee church, 87 



Seljan, M., 177 



Selous, Mr. F. C, 458 



Sense of smell, native, 188 



Serracum valley, 357 



Servals, 458 



Servants, trouble with, 191, 347 



Shields, 1 1 3 



Shimerler Jovvee, 461, 468 



Shoa natives, 67 



Shooting of big game forbidden, 234, 



239 

 Shooting of natives, 72, 177 

 Shooting permits from Menelik, 152, 



251 

 Shooting-trip requirements, 2, 491-507 

 Shunfar Ambu, 333 

 Shunfar river, 331 

 -Simien, 148, 355, 455, 456 

 Skins — 



damaged by beetles, 346 



Hussein punished for carelessness, 211 



preservation of, 503 



taxidermist, 2 

 Skulls, preparation of, 505 

 Smith, Ur. Donaldson, 2, 469 

 Smith, Mr. Hamilton, 477 

 Smoking, 130 

 Somadu, 15 



Somaliland, British [see British Somali- 

 land) 

 Somalis' terror of Abyssinians, 129 

 Soudan — 



trade, 246 



unsafe for travellers, 178 

 Sporting trip, hints to travellers, 2, 491- 



Stamps, postage, 83 



Stecker, Dr. Anton, 278 



Stores for expeditions (see Caravans) 



Storks, 27 



Swayne, Major, 492 



Swords, 113 



Tadechamalca, 65, 144, 146, 464, 476 

 Taitu, Empress, 104, 355 



Takazze river, 382 



Tamchar valley, 218 



Tana [see Lake Tana) 



Tax levied by priests, 283 



Taxidermist, 2 



Taxidermy, 503 



Tecla Haymanot, King, 211 ; legend, 

 294 



Tej, national drink, 84, 90, 517 



Telegraph stations, 431 



Telephone stations, 66, 67, 81 



Tembien, governor of, 384 



Tents, 3, 69, 171, 175, 495 



Thief punished, 117 



Thomas, Mr. Oldfield, 461, 467 



Thunderstorms, 171, 343 



Timber-felling, 158 



Tobacco, 517, 521 



Tombacca, Oderali chief, 32 



Tora hartebeest, 257, 260, 263, 461 



Trade, exports and imports — 

 Abyssinia, 514-518 

 British Somaliland, 510-513 

 ]5ritish merchants' apathy, 512, 513 

 Erythrea, 520, 521 

 import duties, 512, 515 



Translation of Menelik's letter, 235 



Transvaal war, news of, 76, 150, 178 



Tree lobelia, 357, 479 



Trial of natives, 241, 394 



Trophies despatched to coast, 145 

 impounded at custom house, 440 



Turkogogo, 162, 459, 462 



Uniform of Italian and native troops, 

 449 



Vestments of Menelik's priests, 123 

 Veterinary and sick mule, 165 

 1 Vlassow, General, 85 



Wages, native and European, 6, 180, 



506, 521 

 Wakeman, Mr., 75 

 Walda Giorgis, Ras, 153 

 Walkait, 486 

 Wall built by Gallas, 189 

 Warey, R., 388 

 Wart-hog, 12, 341, 345, 481 

 Waterbuck, 333, 466 

 Wax, native methods of procuring, 516 

 Weaving by natives, 81, 283 

 Weighing, 14, 188 

 Wellby, Captain, expedition to Lake 



Rudolf, 79, 180 



