TRAVELS IN ABYSSINIA. 
described the very same things. That the judg- 
mtot pronounced by such readers was rash, seems 
now pretty generally admitted. Good materials 
of judging upon the question have been furnished 
by Mr Salt, whose cool good sense and strict 
veracity make him form an excellent check to 
the rapid imagination and etourderie of his pre- 
cursor. The following are the chief points of 
discrepancy :— 
Mr Salt, in his first narrative, denies the cut- 
ting off flesh from the living animal ; but, in the 
second, he very candidly admits, that the obser- 
vations of a fellow-traveller proved this savage 
practice to exist, and to be distinguished by a 
pecuHar name, that of cutting the shulada. But 
Mr Salt still disputes the statement of Bruce^ 
that the animal is ahve when the brindey or raw 
flesh, is cut out. As he admits, however, that it 
is brought as close as possible to the place ; that 
the moment the mortal blow is struck, the slices 
began to be cut, and are brought to table still 
warm, wdth the fibres quivering ; the difference 
between the two travellers is reduced to a very 
narrow compass. A very slight want of precise 
observation might lead Mr Bruce to overlook the 
distinction ; not to mention the possibility, that 
in this case, as in the other, Mr Salt's scepticism 
might arise from his shorter opportunities of oI>- 
servation. Mr Salt confirms the irregular con- 
