Travels in Southern Abyssinia, Through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa
Travels in Southern Abyssinia, Through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa
Johnston Charles
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Ebin Izaak seeing this, jumped upon his mule, and thro\\ing his shield from the bow of his saddle, and his tobe from his shoulders, galloped in a direction that would either cut off its retreat, and prevent it joining the others, or else force it up the steep face of the cliff, down which we had just come. After a chase of about half an hour, in sight the whole time, we saw our eager huntsman come alongside the antelope and at full speed launch his spear into its side. As the animal fell tumbli...ng on its face, Izaak leaped from his mule, and soon put an end to its vain effort to rise and to resist, by cutting its throat with his dagger. The Hy Soumaulee and some of the Kafilah men having followed us over the ridge of Mahree, now came bounding down the bed of the stream, one after the other, gathered around the dead 248 PROCEED ON OUR JOURNEY. antelope, and lashing its feet together, they brought it to the tree under which we at first halted. We here waited for the approach of the camels, which were at length seen rounding the extre- mity of the ridge, and entering the plain of Amardu, without going over the ridge as we had done.
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