466 THE WHITE-WATER LAKE. 



the river to the extensive lake of Lee Adu, or 

 Whitewater, situated about eight miles to the west 

 of the Hawash, at the ford of Mulkukuyu. We 

 arrived at Lee Adu in three hours, and halted a 

 short time for the camels and mules to drink ; we 

 then proceeded again for two hours more, when we 

 reached the commencement of a large undulating 

 plain, called Azbotee, from where we had the first 

 full and splendid view of the high table land of 

 Shoa, and the numerous small hills and valleys 

 which occupy the long sloping talus from the edge 

 of the elevated plateau in the distance, to the 

 low level district in the neighbourhood where we 

 were. 



At Lee Adu, Ohmed Medina, Adam Burrah, 

 Moosa, and myself, bathed in a retired corner of 

 this broad sheet of w r ater. Large fields of high 

 reeds and rushes bordered it for some distance 

 around us, and the broad-leaved lotus, with its 

 white, cup-like flowers, covered the surface. Many 

 a splashing duck, and diving waterfowl, scared by us 

 now left their previously quiet retreat. The white 

 ibis flew to the opposite side of the lake, whilst 

 screaming jays of many-coloured plumage passed 

 over our heads, seeking some home more retired 

 than the disturbed wood, through which our camels 

 were then passing. 



On our road to Azbotee, I observed that the 

 country to the west of Lee Adu, assumes a very 

 different aspect to that in the opposite direction, 



