XI WITH BRITISH MISSION TO KING MENELIK 271 
gold-embroidered silk saddle-cloth and the green and red leather 
saddlery made in the country. Then followed the officers, riding 
two and two, in khaki; and behind the twenty men of the 
RAS MAKUNAN THE ABYSSINIAN GOVERNOR OF HARAR 
AND NEPHEW OF MENELIK. 
Aden troop, under their Jemadar or native lieutenant. These last 
were typical Indian soldiers, sitting their horses gracefully, wear- 
ing high turbans of gold and khaki, and armed with long lances. 
We camped at Dagaha-Dilal, on a rise of the plain. Parties 
of women brought tej or hydromel——the better-class drink 
