Throughout this period of irksome detention2, the thermometer stood daily at 112 degrees, and the temperature of the small tent, already sufficiently3 oppressive, was rendered doubly unbearable4 by the unceasing obtrusions of the wild, dirty, unmannerly rabble5 who filled the ravine. Imperiously demanding, not suing for snuff, beads7, and tobacco, with paper whereon to write charms and spells for defence against evil spirits, swarms9 forced in their greasy10 persons from the first dawn of day to the mounting of the guard at night. Treating the pale-faced proprietors11 with the most marked insult and contumely, they spat12 upon the beds, excluded both air and light, and tainted13 the already close atmosphere with every abominable14 smell. Not one of the greasy crowd could be persuaded that the “cloth house,” as the tent was denominated, had not been each day re-erected solely15 for his individual use and accommodation. Many attempted with their creeses to curtail16 the much coveted17 blue calico with which it was lined, and one lank18 ruffian, who was detected leisurely19 searching for a peg20 whereon to hang the skin and entrails of a newly killed he-goat, wrought21 himself into a positive fury on being civilly apprised22 that he must look for shambles23 elsewhere.
Neither on the part of those composing the caravan24 was much privacy allowed during the sultry day, when seclusion25 was so highly desirable. Here, as throughout the march, offensive camel-drivers obtruded26 themselves without any regard either to time or season; occupying the chairs, composing themselves to sleep in groups upon the beds or on the table; and, whilst they picked their ears and teeth with the pens, or employed the knives in the pleasing operation of paring their filthy27 talons28, spitting without remorse29 wheresoever they listed. Hating and despising a Frank with all the zeal30 of the bigot, they yet insisted upon shaking hands, on each intrusion, with the most scrupulous31 attention to Danákil etiquette32, and with unhesitating alacrity33 devoured34 the biscuits and swallowed the coffee of the “Christian dogs.”
The despotic arrangements enforced by the Ras el Káfilah, although doubtless materially conducive35 to his own personal convenience, and to that of his unaccommodating followers36, were moreover far from enhancing the comfort of the Embassy. Boxes and bales, after having been unceremoniously dashed upon the ground, in utter disregard of remonstrance37 or of the fragile nature of the contents, had on this occasion, as on the termination of each march, been piled in a circle, each component38 heap consisting of three sides of a square, which, with the addition of a few mats thrown over the top, formed a habitation fully39 as commodious40 as a Dankáli is ever accustomed to. Any attempt to disturb the economy of these tenements41, by referring to the boxes employed in their construction, being regarded as an act of premeditated injury and insult, was stoutly43 resisted; and as no portion of the baggage once removed to the tent, was ever received again without a battle, the materials of comfort or occupation were very rarely obtainable. In the selection of his load at Tajúra, every self-willed driver had suited his individual inclinations44, and as no persuasion45 could now induce him to deposit any portion in a spot where it might be under surveillance, the provisions, placed beyond the reach of their owners, but accessible to every hungry knave46, were perpetually pilfered47 and purloined48.
Universal somnolency49 on the part of the hired guard, had rendered two European sentries50 and an officer of the watch indispensable throughout the journey; and in such a nest of robbers as Killulloo, the precaution was more than ever requisite51. In a fine climate, with a manly52 foe53 in front, a night watch is far from being a disagreeable duty. Here it was beyond all things annoying. Pacing up and down over the same re-trodden ground, to keep the heavy eyelids54 on the stretch, in order to prevent the prowling Bedouin from pilfering55 a bag of dates, or to detect the lurking56 assassin, who in the dark creeps like a wild beast to perpetrate his dastardly deed, is but a sorry business; and it was rendered more particularly hateful from the rank offensive steam, which arose thick and hot from the small circle in which the beds were spread. Stifling57 exudations from the fetid mouths of one hundred and seventy camels that fed on the most disgusting rubbish, filled the suffocating58 atmosphere, which was impregnated with atoms still more vile59 from the rancid sheep’s-tail fat, wherewith every Dankáli is so liberally besmeared.
Among the motley races congregated60 at this crowded watering-place, were the endless tribes of Ada?el, with broad-headed spear and shield of high antiquity—the coast Somauli, armed with light lance and diminutive61 wrinkled buckler, scarcely larger than a biscuit—and his much-dreaded Eesah brother, carrying a long stout42 bow of the ancient form, with the double bend, and a quiver of poisoned arrows slung62 by a lion’s tail. These latter were by far the most conspicuous63, as well as the most agreeable figures. Their togas, although not less filthy than those of their neighbours, were thrown more gracefully64 over the brawny65 shoulder; their picturesque66 weapons were borne with an ease that habit can alone impart; and, notwithstanding that the white trophy67 floated over their raven68 locks in token of bloody69 deeds, nearly all boasted of laughing, intelligent, and far from unpleasing countenances—a delightful70 relief at all events from the scowling71 downcast look of the exacting72, perverse73, and impracticable Danákil.
The Wóema, deeming unlawful the use of the bow in their own persons, maintain upwards74 of one hundred Somauli archers76, originally prisoners of war, who, although naturalised among their conquerors77, retain their own language, and never intermarry. The hunting portion of the Eesah tribe, who are designated “Bone,” usually carry a rude bamboo flute78, the wild plaintive79 cadence80 of which is believed to charm the ostrich81. Their hair, with the aid of suet, is often dressed in the figure of the “pudding” worn by children during their first lessons in the art of walking; and deeply graven on the forehead of each are to be seen the masonic square and compasses.
Universally skilled in woodcraft, the ferocious83 subjects of ibn Fára may be styled a nation of hunters, many being proprietors of trained ostriches84, which graze during the day with the flocks in the open plain, and have their legs hobbled at night, to preclude85 wandering. These gigantic birds are employed with great success in stalking wild animals, a trained donkey being also in constant use—lashed below the belly87 of which, the archer75 is carried among the unsuspecting herd88, when his arrows, poisoned with the milk of the euphorbia antiquorum, deal death on every side.
It is to the skill of these wild Nimrods that the Danákil are chiefly indebted for their shields, which are manufactured of the thick hide of the oryx, here styled the Ba?za. Two bucklers of a foot or eighteen inches in diameter, fetching each four tobes of blue calico, value two dollars, are obtained from the animal’s fore82 hand; and from the hind89 quarters are cut others of smaller dimensions, such as are in use among the pastoral Somauli. Ostrich feathers are also principally obtained from the Eesah; the unsullied plumes90, when stripped from the fleet-footed bird, being deposited for the convenience of carriage, in portions of the gullet cut to the proper length. The process pursued by these children of the desert in the preparation of smaller fowls91 for the table, if not strictly92 in accordance with the directions of Dr Kitchener, can, at all events, claim ingenuity93. From some superstitious94 motive95, the feet are chopped off with the creese, and the carcase, undivested of the entrails, having been incased in wet clay, is thrust into a hot fire; on removal whence the feathers are left adhering to the paste, and in culinary phraseology, “the bird is done.”
Crowds of Bedouin shepherdesses, and females belonging to all the various nomade tribes, were likewise assembled in the Killulloo ravine, and the cry of “wúrkut, wúrkut!” “paper, paper!” was incessant96 on the part of the softer sex, who, with a licence unknown and a freedom unenjoyed by the daughters of Eve in other Mohammadan countries, were unremitting in their attendance and flirtations, without exciting the jealousy97 of their lords. From the lips of these damsels, “Mahissé, Mahisséni!” “Manína téni?” “Good morrow!” “How do you do?” came not disagreeably; and trinkets such as they loved, being civilly solicited98, instead of imperiously demanded, the applicants99 were rarely unsuccessful.
Amongst those who boasted of the most feminine and attractive appearance, were the fair partner and sister of Mohammad Ali—their wedded100 and single state being as usual distinguishable, from the coif of blue calico which marks the wife, and by the long uncovered plaited locks of the maid. Assembling with many of the frail101 sisterhood at the door of the tent, where numbers were usually lounging in careless attitudes, they one day demanded that the palm of beauty might be awarded. Unwilling102 to throw the apple of discord103, the mirror was placed in their hands, that the coquettes might judge for themselves; and after each in succession had started involuntarily at the sight of her own greasy charms, and had defended the individual features whereof she was mistress, to the utmost of her eloquence104 and ability, the verdict was finally found in favour of the virgin105 daughter of the venerable old sheikh.
Although the majority of the slaves imported with the caravan from Abyssinia were of tender years, and many of them extremely pretty, they did not excite that interest which might have been anticipated. Children accustomed to sorry fare and to harsh treatment in their own country, they had very readily adapted themselves to the will of their new masters, whose obvious interest it was to keep them fat and in good spirits. With few exceptions, all were merry and light-hearted. Recovered from the fatigues106 of the long march, there was nothing but dancing, singing, and romping107; and although many wore an air of melancholy108, which forms a national characteristic, the little victims to a traffic so opposed to every principle of humanity, might rather have been conjectured109 to be proceeding110 on a party of pleasure, than bending their steps for ever from their native land.
A very limited number of Shankelas and a few natives of Zingero excepted, the whole consisted of Christians111 and Heathens from Guráguê, whence are obtained the “red Ethiopians” so much-prized in Arabia. Kidnapping has consequently been there carried to an extent so frightful112 as to impart the name of the unhappy province as a designation for slaves generally. Nearly all of both sexes, however, had already become passive converts to the Mohammadan faith, and under the encouraging eye of the bigoted113 drivers, oaths by the false Prophet resounded114 through the camp. Nine-tenths were females, varying in age from six to thirteen years, and all were clad alike in dirty cotton smocks of Abyssinian manufacture, adorned115 in some instances with cuffs116 of blue calico. Their long dark tresses, elaborately greased, were plaited into thin cords with tassels117 at the extremity118, and interwoven about the head with a band of coloured thread, to which was suspended a distinguishing cluster of cowrie shells. Bead8 necklaces, pewter ear-rings, bracelets119, and anklets, decorated the persons of the prettiest; and these ornaments120, forming the stock in hand of the trader, are invariably resumed on each bargain effected, in order to be transferred to some victim hereafter to be purchased.
Each slave was provided with a cruse of water, and had walked the entire distance accomplished121 from the heart of Africa, with an endurance that in children especially of such tender years was truly surprising. A very few only, who had become weary or footsore, had been mounted on mules123 or camels, or provided with ox-hide sandals, which in some measure protected their tender feet against the sharp lava124 boulders125. The males, chiefly boys, had been entrusted126 with the charge of camels, and required no compulsion to render themselves useful; and of the females, some, who boasted personal charms, occupied the position of temporary mistresses. Four large handfuls of parched127 grain, comprising a mixture of wheat, maize128, millet129, and gram, formed the daily food of each; and under the charge of the most intelligent, the respective droves slept huddled130 together on mats spread upon the ground. Some surly old drivers or wanton youths there were, who appeared to prefer the application of the whip to the more gentle persuasion of words; but in the trifling131 punishment inflicted132 there was nothing to remind the spectator of the horrors of slavery as witnessed in the western world.
Few caravans133 ever traverse the deadly Adel plains without losing some slaves at least by the sultriness of the climate, or by the wanton spear of the adjacent hordes134. Three of the fat merchant’s children had been murdered shortly after leaving Abyssinia, and at his instigation a foray was now concerting among the united warriors135 of the two caravans, having for its object the destruction of the neighbouring Wurbóro Galla, whose families were to be swept into captivity136. In this unprovoked slave-hunt the Embassy were strongly urged to take part, but positively137 refusing the aid of British muskets138 in furtherance of any such object, the project was finally abandoned, more especially when a huge, brawny Shankela, the property of the Kázi’s son, was one morning discovered to have effected his escape during the night, doubtless with the design of carrying to the unsuspecting tribe a timely intimation of the gathering139 storm.
Ominous140 kaláms meanwhile went on as usual, and fresh reinforcements arrived to take share therein. Villains141 of every degree continued to slide in as if hung upon wires, to stand cross-legged within the door of the tent until their curiosity was satisfied, and then to assume a seat in the congress. Hajji Abdállah and Elmi, the nephews of Ali Shermárki, listening by turns, brought hourly reports of the progress making towards final adjustment, and “Bokra, Inshállah!” “To-morrow, God willing!” the now undeviating reply to every interrogatory relative to departure, had become a perfect by-word in every mouth. At length, on the 28th, it was pompously142 announced by the Ras el Káfilah that every point at issue had bona fide been satisfactorily arranged—that the water-skins were to be filled in the evening before the flocks and herds143 should return from pasture to trouble the pools—and that the journey was positively to be resumed betimes on the morrow.
Upon this welcome assurance the three potent144 chieftains already named were again received, though with closed doors at their own request, in order that each might be invested with a turban and an honorary mantle145 of scarlet146 broad-cloth, as rewards of their villainy. A most difficult point of etiquette had now to be overcome. The Akil of the Hy Somauli, whose liege subjects had abstracted the mule122 from Fiáloo, was the bosom147 friend and partisan148 of Izhák, whilst the illustrious personages who sat in regal dignity on either side were near and dear relatives of Mohammad Ali; and the rivals respectively watching with jealous eye every act that could be construed149 into favour or partiality, would infallibly have fired at any preference shown in the presentation of these enviable distinctions from the British Government. The presents were therefore placed on a table immediately opposite to the respective parties, and thence simultaneously150 launched with the same arm into the laps of the confronted recipients151; when each bundle, even to the envelope, being found the exact counterpart of the others, no grounds for jealousy or heart-burning could be devised.
Misfortune had during this interim152 overtaken the “Sahib el bayzah,” the imp6 whose acquaintance was formed in the harbour of Tajúra. Detected in the mischievous153 dissemination154 of evil tales respecting his clansmen, and in circulating others of an equally discreditable tendency, purely155 the fruit of his own fertile invention, affecting the throng156 at Killulloo, he had been taken to task by Abroo ibn Aboo Bekr, upon whom he drew his creese without further ado. The bloodthirsty little savage157, who had not numbered his fourteenth year, being seized, was tied to a tree, and most severely158 chastised159. His passionate160 cries and shrieks161 under the lash86 had reached the tent during the interview now happily terminated, and no sooner was he taken down than he came blubbering to lodge162 his complaint. No satisfactory reply being elicited163, the precocious164 youth unsheathed his knife, with which he viciously went through the form of disembowelling a prostrate165 foe. His feelings thus relieved, he dried his eyes, and, with a significant toss of the head, remarked as he walked away, “’Tis of no consequence, ‘maphish,’ no importance whatever; but by the grace of God I shall cut the throat of that cousin of mine, before I am many days older!”
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rabble
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knave
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jealousy
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