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tancc. This was the firft fample we had of AbyfTinian bad 

 weather. 



The river fcarcely ran at our pafilng it ; when, all on a 

 fudden, we heard a noife on the mountains above, louder 

 than the loudeft thunder. Our guides, upon this, flew to 

 the baggage, and removed it to the top of the green hill ; 

 which was no fooner done, than we faw the river coming 

 down in a ft ream about the height of a man, and breadth 

 of the whole bed it ufed to occupy. The water was thick 

 tinged with red earth, and ran in the form of a deep river, 

 and fwelled a little above its banks, but did not reach our 

 itation on the hill. 



An antelope, furprifed by the torrent, and I believe hurt 

 by it, was forced over into the peninfula where we were, 

 feemingly in great diftrefs. As foon as my companions faw 

 there was no further danger from the river, they furround- 

 ed this innocent comrade in misfortune, and put him to 

 death with very little trouble to themfelves. The acquifi- 

 tion was not great ; it was lean, had a mufky tafte, and was 

 worfe meat than the goat we had bought from the Shiho. 

 The torrent, though now very fenfibly diminilhed, ltill pre- 

 ferved a current till next morning. • 



Between Hamhammou and Shillokeeb we firll law the 

 dung of elephants, full of pretty thick pieces of indigefted 

 branches. We likewife, in many places, faw the tracks thro' 

 which they had palled; fome trees were thrown <lown from 

 the roots, forne broken in the middle, and branches half- 

 eaten ftrewed on the ground. 



2 Hamhammou 



