Ylll CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XXV. 



PAGE 



No prospect of recovery. — Slaughter of the goat.' — Manufac- 

 ture of skin-bags. — The process. — Farming. — The bark 

 employed. — Morocco leather. — Carcase butchers. — Process 

 of cutting up meat 364 



CHAPTER XXVI. 



Invitation to visit the Negoos. — Karissa and his firelock. — 

 Some account of the countries to the south of Shoa. — Dis- 

 tances. — A reputed cannibal people. — Other absurd rumours. 

 — Probable truth. — Of the Doko : not dwarfs but monkeys. 375 



CHAPTER XXVII. 



Conversation with Karissa. — Of the origin of the Galla.- — Of 

 the word Adam. — Of Eve. — Phoenician history. — Sancho- 

 niathon and Moses. — Of the religion of the Galla. — Of 

 Waak. — Connexion with Bacchus. — Reward of enterprise. 

 — African ethnology. — Of the armoury of the Negoos. — 

 Different kinds of guns. — Of the ammunition 391 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 



Message from the Negoos. — Visit Ankobar. — The Monk 

 Bethlehem. — Conversation. — Bad weather. — A tattooing 

 operation. — Interview with Negoos 403 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



Conversation on medical matters with the Negoos. — Of 

 Guancho. — The State prison. — The construction of its 

 defences. — Good medicine for captives. — Its probable effect. 

 — Of the Gallas, their invasion of theGongas. — Abyssinian 



-Conclusion 419 



