CONTENTS XV 



French embassies — M. le due d'Entotto — A triumpli for British interests — 

 Selassee Church — The Russian Medical Mission — Weighing ivory — A religious 

 marriage — Abyssinian marriage customs ..... Page So 



CII.APTKR X 



MeneliU's palace — The Kmperor receives us — He grants us leave to travel — A 

 Natural History book — His military power- — His attention to details — How he 

 snubbed a braggart — English and French visitors — The Empress . . 93 



CHAPTER XI 



Markets I have seen — The market-place of Adis Ababa — The chief's tribune — Live- 

 .stock — Jewellery — Lion skins — Swords — Cloth — Money-changers — Butter- 

 Beer — Knives — Bamboos — Horses — Mules — A thief thrashed — European 

 shops— Indian merchants — A veteran curio dealer .... 106 



CHAPTER XH 



The Emperor — Gorgeous vestments — Dancing before the Ark — The Emperor's 

 courtesy — The private chapel — The audience chamber — The great hall 

 A royal lunch — 12,000 guests — Mighty drinking-horns — An Abyssinian 



CHAPTER XHI 



How the i^)ueen's present of horses and hounds travelled to .Adis Ababa — Hounds 

 die — The first coursing-meeting attended by the Emperor- " Gucks " the 

 national game — Menelik enterlained at the British Agency — A dog's 



CHAPTER XIV 



ncy to Tadechamalca — We despatch our trophies to the coast — I return alone to 

 the capital — My farewell interview with the Negus — His concern for Captain 

 Harrington — His interest and knowledge of .shooting and travel — Native troops 

 in India — The Transvaal War ........ 142 



