SCEMMERRING’S GAZELLE. 
CHAPTER VI 
A VISIT TO RAS MAKUNAN OF HARAR, 1893 
Project to explore Gallaland—News of Colonel Carrington’s party—A Bulhar 
feud—Start from Bulhar—Gadabursi dance to the English—Esa raid— 
A rival sportsman—Awalé Yasin breaks his leg—Native surgery—Ad- 
ventures with leopards—Following a wounded leopard by moonlight—A 
plucky home charge—Exciting encounter—A beisa hunt—On the Marar 
Prairie again—Quantities of gane—Arrival at Jig-Jiga, and visit from 
Abyssinians—Attempted arrest of the caravan by an Abyssinian general 
—Exciting adventure—Arrival of Gabratagli—Character of Banagis¢— 
A letter to the Ras—Interviews with Banagus¢—Bertiri complaints against 
Abyssinians—Aun answer from the Ras—Picturesque journey to Harar— 
Hospitality of Basha-Basha, an Abyssinian general—Enter Harar— 
Meet Signor Felter—First interview with the Ras in the audience-room 
—Entertained by Allaka Gobau Desta—My servant wounded—Meet 
Count Salimbeni, M. Guigniony, and the Archbishop of Gallaland— 
Interviews with the Ras and exchange of presents—Farewells in Harar— 
Leave Harar for the Webbe. 
In the winter of 1892 I found myself able to undertake a 
project I had long formed,—that of spending my long leave in 
Somaliland, and penetrating through the country to explore 
Gallaland and the sources of the Juba, five hundred miles 
inland. Having thought for several years of undertaking this 
journey, when I was at last in possession of the opportunity I 
had all the arrangements in my head. It occurred to me that 
