Charmed with his new friends, the power of whose weapons he acknowledges, the negro chief does not neglect the opportunity of seeking their alliance to attack a hostile neighbor. Marching throughout the night, guided by their negro hosts, they bivouac…
He sang of me as though I had been Richard Coeur de Lion, and recounted, before an admiring throng of listeners, how I had wandered with a young wife from my own distant country to fight the terrible Base; how…
It was in vain that they fought; every bullet aimed at a Latooka struck a rock, behind which the enemy was hidden. Rocks, stones, and lances were hurled at them from all sides and from above. They were forced to…
It is hardly necessary to add that the operation of hairdressing is not often performed, but that the effect is permanent for about a week, during which time the game becomes so excessively lively that the creatures require stirring up…
The Settite is the river par excellence, as it is the principal stream of Abyssinia, in which country it bears the name of “Tacazzy.” Above the junction the Athara does not exceed two hundred yards in width. Both rivers have…
For about eight miles we followed the spoor through high dried grass and thorny bush, until we at length arrived at a dense jungle of kittar–the most formidable of the hooked thorn mimosas. Here the tracks appeared to wander, some…
In the evening we crossed with our baggage and people to the opposite side of the ricer, and pitched our tents at the village of Goorashee. In the morning the camels arrived, and once more we were ready to start.…
We left Berber in the evening, and about two hours after sunset of the following day reached the junction of the Nile and Atbara. The latter presented a curious appearance. In no place was it less than four hundred yards…
On arrival at the grassy plain at the foot of the mountain there was a crowd of the trader’s ruffians quarrelling for the shale of a few large trees that grew on the banks of the stream. We accordingly dismounted,…
I had quite determined that these scoundrels should not rob me of my own arms and ammunition, if I could prevent it. The drum beat, and the vakeel himself went into the men’s quarters and endeavored to prevail upon them…