BAKAUKO. 
" October 30. — I was given to understand that a present was 
expected, our host having heard of the money given to Baharne- 
gash Subhart, with whom he was then at variance; he, however, 
was extremely civil in bringing forward the subject; and as I was 
anxious to leave friends in the country (most of the chiefs on the 
borders being nearly independent of the Ras), I thought it right 
at once, to present him with a Spanish doubloon, which Captain 
Rudland chanced to have in his possession. With this he was much 
pleased, and we parted excellent friends. 
" Our road this day, after passing up the valley eastward, which 
may be said to constitute a nook of the Serawe plain, lay over wild 
and uncultivated hills, covered with acacia and brushwood. After 
about six miles riding we came to a gully, at the bottom of which 
we were happy to find a slow trickling stream, occasionally ex- 
panding into pools, in the deep holes, made by the torrent, which 
must, from the nature of the ground, be very violent in the rainy 
season. We breakfasted here and bathed ; after which, resuming 
our journey, we came in a short time upon our old track, near 
the spot where Captain Rudland killed the Abou Gumba : hence 
a ride of a mile brought us to the village of Bakauko, where we 
immediately procured our old house, and experienced a very 
attentive reception from its master. Two of our bearers fell sick 
and returned to Adowa. 
" In the course of the day, and during our last night's stay at the 
village, we gained some additional information about the Serawe, 
who are all Christians, and are considered as being properly under 
the governor of Tigre, but whose power they have for a long time 
defied. 
