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antelope, and lashing its feet together, they brought 

 it to the tree under which we at first halted. 

 We here waited for the approach of the camels, 

 which were at length seen rounding the extre- 

 mity of the ridge, and entering the plain of 

 Amardu, without going over the ridge as we had 

 done. Before they came to us I shot three fine 

 guinea fowl at one discharge, so that the object 

 of our preceding the Kafilah had not been disap- 

 pointed. In addition to the feast thus promised, 

 Ohmed Medina directed one of the Hy Soumaulee 

 to gather a large quantity of a very delicate 

 vegetable that abounded here, which he assured 

 me the Banyans at Bombay were very fond of, 

 and that he knew I should like it too, appearing 

 at the same time rather surprised at my ignorance 

 of the plant, which at first I refused to have 

 anything to do with. 



The camels coming up, I w T as glad to find we 

 were not to stop here for the day, as I began 

 to feel impatient at the length of the journey 

 to Shoa, and anxious that it should be concluded 

 as soon as possible, having been now nearly four 

 weeks almost daily marching, and still I was 

 informed we had not reached half way. 



The game was placed upon the camels, and the 

 vegetable, crammed into one of Zaido's skin bags, 

 was thrown between the saddle staves, where their 

 extremities cross each other over the back of the 

 camel, and we again started for a halting-place called 



