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gold-embroidered silk saddle-cloth and the green and red leather 
saddlery made in the country. Then followed the officers, riding 
two and two, in khaki ; and behind the twenty men of the 
R/(S MAKUNAN THE ABYSSINIAN GOVERNOR OF HARAR 
AND NEPHEW OF MENELIK. 
Aden troop, under their Jemadar or native lieutenant. These last 
were typical Indian soldiers, sitting their horses gracefully, wear- 
ing high turbans of gold and khaki , and armed with long lances. 
We camped at Dagaha-Dilal, on a rise of the plain. Parties 
of women brought tej or hydromel — the better -class drink 
