Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu (1897) (14592525767)

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Title: Through unknown African countries; the first expedition from Somaliland to Lake Lamu

Year: 1897 (1890s)

Authors: Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914 Simon, Eugène, 1848-1924 Pocock, R. I. (Reginald Innes), 1863-1947 Holland, W. J. (William Jacob), 1848-1932 Gregory, J. W. (John Walter), 1864-1932 Crick, G. C. (George Charles), 1856-1917 Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 Jordan, Karl, 1861-1959

Subjects: Smith, Arthur Donaldson, 1866-1939 Natural history

Publisher: London, New York : E. Arnold, 1897

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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nians weresimply wishing to detain us. The prospect seemed gloomyindeed. We had waited now a month in this countryowing to the Abyssinians. The camels were dying, andmy supply of cloth was being gradually used up. Itseemed as though the Abyssinians were determined toprevent our going on ; but if they intended stopping us, itwas best to bring about the issue at once. Accordinglywe started west on the morning of November 11 withanything but cheerful forebodings. Following a goodroad that leads all the way from Ginea to the capital ofAbyssinia, we marched over a beautiful grassy and hillycountry, where there w^ere but few trees and bushes, andfinally up a very steep pass. When we reached the sum-mit we found ourselves on a broad grassy plain, eightthousand feet above the sea, called the Budda. This plain extends west fifty miles, according to nativereport, and is then broken by the valley of the ShebeliRiver, while beyond it the country rises higher and higheruntil New Antoto is reached.

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TURACUS DONALDSONL CHAPTER VII. Surprised by the Abyssinians — The Somalis show their Mettle — ADangerous Predicament — Emperor Menelek orders us to returnTHE Way we came — Gloomy Prospects — Salan Mohammed — Wal- DA-GUBBRA NOT TO BLAME We BID GOOD-BY TO THE GoOD OlD Abyssinian General — An Amusing Request from Wal-da-GubbrasDaughter — Marching towards Somaliland again — The Hawatuand Daro Mountains—I receive a Letter from Emperor Meneleksaying that he did not forbid my going through his Country —We TURN south — Hopes dispelled — Wal-da-Gubbra and his ArmySTOP us on the Laga Tug — The Expedition a Hard One — At theShebeli River once more. JUST about daybreak we were surprised by a little bodyof Abyssinians, who rode up to our camp on theBudda with much bluster. At their head was our oldacquaintance Hazach Jarro, and also the son of Wal-da-Gubbra. They had a great deal to say about our march-ing without first notifying the general. Why had we notwaited for

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