168 CHIEF OF THE WOOD-CUTTERS. 



times attains the height of one hundred feet, with a 

 diameter of not less than five feet. In flocks along 

 its crushing branches, the flying " gurazo" a species 

 of monkey, makes the circuit of the forest, and to 

 watch them, as they take the most fearful leaps 

 from tree to tree, is most interesting. I have seen 

 the dam, with a young one held tightly to her 

 breast with one arm, exactly like a human being 

 would do, fearlessly dart from the greatest height 

 to the lower branch of a neighbouring tree, and 

 quickly gaining its summit, keep well up with 

 the rest, in their leaping progress. 



Musculo being the " ullica," or superior of the 

 w r ood-cutting slaves, I requested him to bring 

 some of the people of all the country to the south 

 of Shoa, that I might have the opportunity of 

 examining them. Whilst he was away, however, 

 my fever fit recurred, and I was under the agreeable 

 influence of a warm water emetic when he returned 

 with a large company of his charge. There were 

 Shankalli negroes from the extreme south and west, 

 and Gallas from the intermediate countries, red 

 Gurague people, and the bilious-coloured, from 

 Zingero and Enarea — all stood or sat around the 

 door-way, and I could have wished to have 

 transferred the whole lot to some ethnological 

 museum, to relieve me just at that moment from 

 taking notes. In fact it was impossible, and so 

 ordering Walderheros to give them two ahmu- 

 lahs to purchase some ale for their evening's 



