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Ihis temper and use his fists or his feet 

 freely. So that these Greeks and Ar- 

 menians, although doing business in a 

 small way, seem to manage to carry 

 away all the trade of the country; also 

 it must be said that the natives are less 

 suspicious of these men than they are of 

 European traders, in whom they never 

 put absolute trust. 



Adis-Ababa, Menelik's capital, cannot 

 be called a city in the proper sense of the 

 word. There are thousands of white 

 tents about, but few permanent houses, 



and it really impresses one more as a big 

 encampment than a town. On the spurs 

 of the hills to the right as one approaches 

 the place one sees the modest buildings 

 of the British Legation; then a grander 

 one where the Russian minister lives. 



Everything in Adis-Ababa is referred 

 to the Emperor. It is quite amazing what 

 an amount of mental work Menelik must 

 go through daily. While attending to 

 most important political affairs, matters 

 of the most trivial character are brought 

 to him for assent. This is practically 



