The tall masts of the schooner4 of war, raking above the belt of dwarf6 jungle that skirts the tortuous7 coast, served as a beacon8 to the new camp, the distance of which from the town of Tajúra was less than four miles. A narrow footpath9 wound along the burning sands, across numerous water-courses from the impending10 mountain range of trachyte and porphyry, whose wooded base, thickly clothed with mimosa and euphorbia antiquorum, harboured swine, pigmy antelope11, and guinea-fowl in abundance. Many large trees, uprooted12 by the wintry torrent13, had been swept far out to sea, where in derision of the waves that buffet14 their dilapidated, stag-horn looking arms, they will long ride safely at anchor. The pelican15 of the wilderness16 soiled through the tossing surf, and files of Bedouin damsels, in greasy17 leathern petticoats, bending beneath a load of fuel from the adjacent hamlets, traversed the sultry strand19; whilst a long train of wretched children, with streaming elf-like locks, who had been kidnapped in the unexplored interior, wended their weary way with a slave caravan20, towards the sea-port, whence they were to be sold into foreign bondage21.
An avenue through the trees presently revealed the white tent, occupying a sequestered22 nook on the course of a mountain stream near its junction23 with the shore. Here horses and mules24 were doing their utmost, by diligently25 cropping the scanty26 tufts of sun-burnt grass, to repair their recent long abstinence from forage27, whilst the abbreviated28 tails of those which had been improved by mutilation, formed the jest of a group of grinning savages29. Clumps31 of lofty fan palms, and date trees loaded with ripe orange-coloured fruit, still screened from view the village of Ambábo, the straggling Gothic roofed wigwams composing which have the same waggon-like appearance as the huts of Tajúra,—a similar style of architecture extending even to the unostentatious mosque32, alone distinguishable from the surrounding edifices33, by uncarved minarets34 of wood.
Greasy ragamuffins still intruding35, here continued their teasing persecutions, and Mohammad Mohammad, the son, though not the heir to the throne of the Sultán, having been specially36 appointed by his disreputable sire to the important post of reporter and spy, unceremoniously occupied one of the chairs, to the exclusion38 of the lawful39 proprietor40 during the entire day. He however proved useful in so far that he was versed18 in the chronicle of Ambábo. The Nákhuda of one of his uncle’s buggalows having contrived41 a quarrel with a member of the tribe Hassóba, one of the manifold subdivisions of the Danákil, the man threw the gauntlet of defiance42 by cutting off the prow43 of the boat. Meeting shortly afterwards in deadly conflict, the insulted mariner44 slew45 his antagonist46 on the spot, and took refuge in the hills, until, tired of long concealment47, and believing the affair to be consigned49 to oblivion, he ventured to settle with his family at Ambábo, and thus founded the present village; but after some years of repose50, he was discovered by the relatives of the slain51, and, as usual in all blood feuds52, ultimately assassinated53. Occupying a site proverbially unhealthy, and scourged54 during the rains by insupportable clouds of musquitoes, the miserable55 hamlet is but thinly peopled, and the Sheikh being on far from amicable56 terms with the authorities of Tajúra, it is likely soon to be abandoned in favour of some more eligible57 location.
A red savage30, falsely representing himself to be one of the household of his Christian58 Majesty59 of Shoa, arrived during the afternoon from Ankóber, with letters for Aden, and having safely deposited his packet on board the “Constance,” was readily induced to return whence he came, with the Embassy. Déeni ibn Hámed, a liar60 of the first magnitude, but the only Dankáli who had voluntarily attached himself to the fortunes of the party, conceiving the arrival of this courier to afford an opening for the exercise of his talents which ought on no account to be neglected, immediately proceeded to tax his lively ingenuity61 in disclosing the contents of a document which he pretended had been received from Sáhela Selássie by the old ruffian from whose clutches his audience had just thankfully escaped; and the mass of gratuitous63 falsehoods that he contrived to string together with an unblushing front, must be admitted to reflect ample credit upon his fertile invention.
Lying appeared in fact to be the chosen occupation of this youthful warrior64, who, however, unlike the mass of his compatriots, did possess some redeeming65 qualities, though they were by no means so conspicuous66 as his scars. The insuperable aversion to veracity67 which he evinced on every occasion, renders it difficult to determine what degree of credit may be attached to the tragic68 tale that he was pleased to connect with a deep gash69 over the temple, which distorted his vision; and if not received in a less honourable70 rencontre than he pretended, affords another to the ten thousand instances on record of the savage rancour with which blood feuds are prosecuted71. “My maternal72 uncle, and a native of Zeyla,” said Déeni, “becoming embroiled73, mutually unsheathed their creeses in mortal strife74, fought desperately75, and died. The brother of the latter sought my life in revenge, as being the nearest of kin5; but after receiving this slash76 upon my forehead, and another on my arm, which I shall also carry to the grave, I closed, stabbed the Somauli villain77 to the heart with this good creese, and, glory be to God I divided his windpipe with his own sword.”
Profiting by the amiable78 example of the illustrious ruler of Tajúra, the She?kh of Ambábo, a most notable extortioner, resolved to put his chum to a sum of ready money beyond a shadow of doubt, placed a strong Bedouin guard over the only well; and although he had every reason to be satisfied with the success of his nefarious79 schemes, he did not possess sufficient gratitude80 to prevent the commission of a robbery during the night, which might have proved more serious than it did. Solace81 under all misfortunes and annoyances82 was, however, found in the arrival of Mohammad Ali on the 31st, with a welcome accession of camels for the carriage of water, which rendered certain the prospect83 of departure on the morrow, it having been distinctly promised by the Sultán, in return for a handsome pecuniary84 consideration, that his brother Izhák, who had been unanimously appointed Ras el Káfilah, his son, his nephew, and seven other persons of undoubted influence on the road, should be in readiness without fail, to escort the Embassy on the 1st of June, and that the reward of their services should be paid, ad valorem, upon safe arrival within the kingdom of Shoa.
Three hours after midnight, the galloper-gun, fired within the limits of the British camp as a summons to the drowsy85 camel-drivers to be up and doing, was echoed, according to previous agreement, by the long stern chaser of the “Constance,”—a signal to the “Euphrates,” still anchored off Tajúra, to thunder a farewell salute86 as the day dawned. The work of loading was merrily commenced—the tent went down—and camel after camel moved off towards Dullool; when, on the departure of the last string, it was observed with dismay that the ground was still strewed87 with baggage, for which carriage had unquestionably been paid and entertained, but for which none was forthcoming. The greasy proprietors88 were, after some search, discovered below the bushes, engaged in the operation of jerking mutton,—a process sufficiently89 nauseous in itself to repel90 any close advance; but persuasion91 and threats proved alike unavailing. Some had already sent their camels to graze at a distance; others insolently93 expressed their intention of doing so after the completion of their interesting work, and by far the greater number would vouchsafe94 no explanation whatever. At length the provoking riddle95 was solved by the arrival of a peremptory96 message from the Sultán, naming the price of the attendance of his brother with the promised escort, and modestly requesting that the amount might forthwith be disbursed97, or the bargain must be considered null and void!
In this awkward dilemma98, one of the party was immediately despatched to create a diversion among the Philistines99, and to remonstrate100 against so gross a breach101 of good faith; whilst the residue102, awaiting his tardy103 return, passed the sultry day beneath the mock shelter afforded by a low date bush, shifting position with the deceitful shadow, which, before any further tidings were received of the delinquent104 old Sultán and his ungovernable myrmidons, was cast full on the eastern side. At length the anxiously straining eye was relieved by the appearance of the messenger on his way back. After a world of trouble, he had succeeded in hunting out some of the elders, who, however, would only consent to accompany him on the payment of every stuiver of the demand made in the morning, and, quietly possessed105 of the dollars, they had thought proper to detain the escort.
Izhák, backed by Ibrahim Shehém, the most renowned106 warrior in the next ten tribes, sat as orator107 on the occasion. The demeanour of the Ras bordered closely on the insolent92. A heavy load of impudence108 could be detected under his broad pudding face; and his desire to be impertinent was favoured in no small degree by the presence of heaps of valuable baggage lying at his mercy upon the ground. The deputation was received quite as coldly as their dishonest and most provoking behaviour demanded; a silence of several minutes affording to each, leisure to pick out his curly locks, and cool himself a little, the whole having walked out in the broiling109 sun, and become considerably110 excited withal. Distant inquiries111 were at length instituted relative to the august health of the Sultán and the royal family, which were stiffly responded to after the current Dankáli fashion, “Hamdu-lillah,” “thanks be unto God!”
The conference then opened with a bluster112 concerning the movement of the Káfilah from Ambábo without the presence, order, or consent of the Ras, who, after sneering113 at the attempt as a most unprecedented114 proceeding3, and indulging in a very gratuitous tirade115 against Mohammad Ali, whom he styled in derision “the supplier of water,” and was anxious to make appear the only culprit on the occasion, added, in conclusion, that his own being “a house of mourning,” he had given up his intention of proceeding to Abyssinia, and had finally resolved to wash his hands of the business.
He was gravely answered that the caravan had started upon express orders given in consequence of a distinct understanding and pledge, purchased the preceding day of the Sultán and himself. He was reminded that every hire and remuneration for camels, guides, and escort, exorbitant116 though they were, had been paid in full at Tajúra; and was distinctly informed that if the terms of the agreement were not fully62 complied with, ere the night fell, the property of the British Government would be left on the ground, where it then lay, whilst the Embassy proceeded to Dullool, off which place the “Constance” had already anchored, reshipped all the baggage that had been sent to the advance camp, and set sail for Aden.
It was further added, that as the consequences of this step would rest upon the head of those who had entered into an express engagement, upon receipt of whatever terms they had demanded as the price of their services, it should be borne in mind that further offensive and unprincipled demonstrations117 might terminate in unpleasant results.
As the interpreter proceeded to unfold this high-toned remonstrance118, Izhák was seen to fidget uneasily upon his hams, whilst he sought to conceal48 his agitation119 by tracing figures on the sand; and, as the last intimation fell upon his ear, seizing his sandal, he relieved his excited feelings by shovelling120 a pointed37 stick through the very centre of the leather. But the swaggering air which he had assumed had now entirely121 disappeared, and, after a hurried whispering consultation122 with his confederates, he declared that he had been toiling123 day and night in the service of the English; that he was perfectly124 ready to perform every thing required of him, and that, notwithstanding the recent calamity125 with which his family had been visited, and the dangerous illness of his mother, he would escort the Embassy in person, with trustworthy colleagues; that he would be responsible for all the property left at Ambábo, and only petition for two days’ grace to put his house in order before repairing to Dullool. This point being tardily126 accorded, he rose with Ali Shermárki, who had ridden in as mediator127 during the heat of the conference, and each offering his hand, in earnest of the matter being finally and amicably128 concluded in full accordance with the original stipulations of the covenant129, set out on his return to Tajúra.
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mediator
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