A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA 



— Unprincipled conduct of four European travellers — An anxious night- 

 narrow shave— An exhibition shot — A plain covered with flocks and game- 

 hot climb rewarded — Ordah lake — A duck shoot — A lovely camp Page 



CHAPTER V 



An imaginative shikari and the dance he led us — A good game country — Two of us 

 stalk the same herd — A waterless plain — HartebeesI, ostrich, oryx, zebra, and 

 aul — The Hawash valley — The hot spring of Bilen — A great hunt for buffalo — 

 They outwit us — A large herd of elephants — I turn a charge — A great waste 

 of meat ............41 



CHAPTER VI 



Cutting out ivory — Game of all sorts — Hippo shooting — A fine waterbuck — 

 Christmas Day — Our respective kits — A band of Caila horsemen — Fording the 

 Hawash and the Cubanoar — A refractory camel — A Christmas dinner . 52 



CHAPTER Vn 



A park-like country — I stay behind for lion — No money or meat — Mule and donkey 

 stolen — An awkward dilemma — A friend in need — A night near lions and 

 elephants — I pursue the caravan — The main camp — The others gone to the 

 capital — I overtake them — A polite ofificial — A long march — Mahomed finds a 

 friend — Shoa men and women — A message from the palace . . 62 



CHAPTER VHI 



A Russian ofticer and his wife— M. Ilg, Councillor of State— Leontieft' and his 

 doings on the Onio — Vexatious travelling — We reach the capital — The British 

 Agency — The Italian Residency and a New Year's dinner — Captain Harring- 

 ton's reasons for our going to Rudolf . . . . 71 



CHAPTER IX 



Topography of Adis Ababa — A circular tour — Situation of the embassies and tin 

 chief public buildings — The telephone station and post-ofiice— -The Custt)m 



