A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia a Narrative of a Nine Months Journey From T
A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia a Narrative of a Nine Months Journey From T
P H G Percy Horace Gordon Powell Cotton
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Monday was the day appointed for the weekly market, and a very large one it was, by far the best I had seen since leaving Adis Ababa. At first I told my men to remain clo^e to the tents and not to allow too many men to collect round them, as I felt a little uncertain what the temper of the people might be. However, I found them the same good-natured, curious crowd as they were at Debra Markos and Dembatcha, and I and my men used to stroll about without the slightest interference or rudeness on ...the part of the villagers. There were not many mules offered for sale, and what there were fetched high prices ; on the other 244 A SPORTING TRIP THROUGH ABYSSINIA chap. hand, plenty of good donkeys were generally to be had. I bought four, at prices varying from 7^ to 9 dollars. Besides grains and condiments of all sorts, butter, honey, potatoes, cotton (both raw and woven), swords, and shields of buffalo-hide were all to be had, of good quality and cheap. The district is most famous for its tanned leather, which is either left in whole skins, for sleeping on, or made into sacks.
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