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Ras), dipped the teft bread into the curries and other dishes, and 
distributed it among the guests. A man, whose particular busi- 
ness it was, performed the same office for the Ras, who immediately 
banded a portion to us, and then to some of the chiefs, who, on re- 
ceiving it, got up and bowed : balls also of curds, greens, and teft 
bread mixed together, were handed about. 
" During this time the cattle were killing on the outside of the 
hall. This is done by laying the beast down on the ground, and 
with ajambea knife nearly separating the head from the body, 
pronouncing at the same time, " Bis m' Allah Guebra Menfus 
Kedus", a style of invocation that seems to be borrowed from the 
followers of Mohammed. The skin is then stripped with all possi- 
ble expedition from one side of the animal, and the entrails, lights, 
liver, and tripes, are taken out, w^hich latter the attendants voraci- 
ously devour as their perquisite, sometimes even without paying 
much regard to the trouble of cleaning them. The flesh of the 
animal, of which the rump and heart are considered as prime deli- 
cacies, is cut into large pieces, and, while the fibres are yet quiver- 
ing, is brought in to the guests, who, by this time, have consumed 
as much as they please of the curries and other dishes. 
" The brinde, as this raw flesh is called, was in irregular pieces, 
but commonly adhering to a bone, by which the attendants car- 
ried it ; it was then handed round to the chiefs, who, with their 
crooked knives, cut off a large steak, which they afterwards dis- 
sected very dexterously into strips, about half an inch in diameter, 
holding it at the same time between the two fore fingers of the left 
hand. 
Having thus prepared their meat, they took it up with the left 
