529 



Passports granted by MeneliU — 

 reverence paid to, 192, 204, 213 

 translation of letter, 235 

 Pennant-winged night-jar, 282 

 Perks, taxidermist, 2 

 Photographing difficulties with natives, 



116 

 Pictures, 16S, 170, 304. 346, 393 

 Ploughing in Abyssinia, 231 

 Porcupines, 25, 483 

 Postage stamps, 83 



Powell-Cotton, Mr., shooting expedition, 

 157 

 adieu to Adis Ababa, 182 

 Adi Ugri garrison dinner, 433 

 curios and relics purchased, 346, 416 

 Dedjatch Merrit's conduct, 320, 323 

 detained at Dungoler, 236 ; journey 



resumed, 254 

 escort provided by Ras Wurgay, 223 ; 



interview with Ras, 224-228 

 ('■ondar— governor's behaviour, 293, 



319; return to, 345 

 governor of Debra Markos, interview 



with, 213 

 guides" desertion, 383, 387 

 intelligence of journey, 433 

 letters to Ras Wurgay, 236 ; return of 



messenger, 244 

 medical treatment of natives, 216, 



220, 245, 273. 281 

 men attacked, and compensated, 241 

 Menelik, interview with, 147 ; shoot- 

 ing permits, 152, 250 

 messenger sent to Menelik, 236, 243 ; 



adventures of, 24S 

 return home, 443 

 sale of caravan, 456 

 servants' strike, 284, 347 

 shooting prohibited, 234 

 Simien, departure for, 349 

 Transvaal war, question of services 



for, 178 

 wounded Dedjatch, interview with, 

 289, 292 

 Presents for native chiefs, 503 

 Prideaux, Colonel, 235, 416 



Quarra mountain, 256 

 Queen Victoria — 



gift to Menelik, 7, 88 



Ras's questions, 227 



Raheita, 521 



Railway and mining concessions, 72 



Railways — 



Jibuti to Harrar, 510 



light railway, need of, 512, 518 

 Rains at Adis Ababa, 171 

 Rats, 207, 349, 459 

 Reedbuck, 162, 467-472 

 Registration of followers, 7 

 Rcligiiius reremonies, 90, 123, I26(i«: 



also Church ritual) 

 Retainers, significance of, 89 

 Rhinoceros, 482 

 Rille matcli, 182 

 Rifle practice, 254 

 Rifles- 

 adjustment difficulties, 33 



battery recommended for shooting trip. 

 493 



effect of heat on, 33 



Gras, 516 



Italian magazine rifles, 288, 449 



Menelik's desire for, loi 



Powell-Cotton's battery, 3 



Reilly, 224 



Shikari's carelessness in loading, 49 



Snider, 4 

 Rinderpest, 225 

 Robbers — 



country infested by, 256, 270, 284 



tribute arranged by monks, 268 



villages looted by, 272, 283 

 Rogge, 465 



Roman Catholic Mission, 438 

 Rothschild, Hon. Walter, description 

 of mammals collected by Powell- 

 Cotton, 453-486 

 Rowland W'ard's book of Horns, 213, 



217, 225 

 Royal Geographical Society instruments, 3 

 Rudolf Lake (sec Lake Rudolf) 

 Ruined city, 144; vill.ages, 269, 272, 



Riippell, 206, 402, 404, 408, 410, 



413 

 Russian Embassy, Adis Ababa, 75, 85 

 Russian Legation, permission to travel 



to Massowah refused, 178 

 Russian Medical Mission, 88 

 Russo-Abyssinian marriage, 71 



Sabargouma, 439 



Sacred pictures, 168, 170, 304, 346, 



393 

 Sacrificial altars, 409, 413 

 Sadacar battlefield, 424 

 Sahati, 439, 521 

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