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this stone ladder before we reached the little town 

 upon its summit, called Dubdubhee. In one of 

 the best houses the mother of Walderheros lived, 

 so here it was resolved to stay and breakfast, 

 having, after the usual Abyssinian custom, brought 

 the meal with us. Of course, I alone partook, as 

 the observance of the fast required my servants to 

 abstain from food until evening. 



The mother of Walderheros lived with a second 

 husband, by whom she had had several children. 

 Her first husband, the father of Walderheros, 

 occupied a farm a short distance from Myolones, 

 and he also had married again, and had another 

 numerous family by his second wife ; so what 

 between both parents, my servant was very well 

 off for parental and fraternal relations, a thing, 

 too, which he considered to be a great advantage ; 

 especially as all parties were still on the very best 

 of terms. 



From Dubdubhee, the road to Myolones was along 

 a narrow ridge, similar, in many respects, to that in 

 front of Ankobar, and it was not until the shallow 

 circular valley of Myolones spread below us in full 

 sight, that we commenced a short descent into it ; 

 having first passed close to the side of the grove of 

 the new church of St. Michael, the cone-like thatched 

 roof of which was terminated by a wooden cross, on 

 the top, and on the two arms of which were fixed 

 ostrich eggs ; these eggs, by-the-by, are favourite or- 

 naments of Abyssinian churches ; one that I had 



