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Excerpt from A Visit to Abyssinia, Vol. 1 of 2: An Account of Travel in Modern Ethiopia The Christianity of the country is a cere monial rather than a belief, and inculcates no guiding principles to integrity of life. A chronic state of lawlessness pervades the king dom, and the tenure of sovereign power is now as ever precarious; an absence of interest in the preservation of peace, inseparable from undeveloped industry, extends to all save those in immediate official position, and the bulk of the male inhabitants live in idleness, hangers on of some district or provincial magnate. Royalty in Abyssinia, as elsewhere, incurs the penalty attendant on greatness, and in muchviii preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter iii. The First Day's Ride--Caravan Arabs--The Aga--The Route--Handub--Otow--The Pass--Jezaleh--Curious Rocks--Olotta--D esabil--O druse--Haribee--Hareb--Temperature at Night--Kockreb--Arab Graves--Motta--Unpleasant Travelling--Ariab--Kereeb--Mirage--"Water. I rose before daybreak, disturbed by the camel-drivers, who were already in motion loading the camels to their usual discordant vocal accompaniment. We were well under weigh ere the sun was visible; the air was fresh and delicious. The early morning and evening hours are those most adapted for the march; the animals keenly appreciating the coolness of the atmosphere, their pace is insensibly accelerated during these the less fatiguing portions of the day. The camels, fourteen in number, proceeded in single file, tied together at a convenient length native dbiveks. 53 from tail to nose, the native drivers, hardy and enduring, travelling on foot j and it is wonderful to witness the untiring manner in which, day after day, sustained but by a handful of grain and occasional draughts of water, they continue to accompany the camels on their route, load them in the morning, unload them at night, and fetch water from the wells at the various stations or halting-places for the entire caravan. They are awfully thin, and utterly without apparent development of muscle; of moderate height, but capable of great passive endurance; their wants are few, and are satisfied by a bare subsistence, whilst their ideas of luxury are bounded by hairdressing and beads. Able like the camel to abstain from food and water for lengthened periods, they resemble also that useful beast in a capacity for consuming at one meal enough to last for days; they lighten the weariness of the road by snatches of native...