Numerous were the apprehensions1 now in agitation2 relative to the state of the formidable river in advance, whose shallow stream so easily forded during the season of drought, was not unreasonably3 conjectured4 to be swollen5 by the recent rains. Second of the rivers of Abyssinia, and rising in the very heart of Ethiopia, at an elevation6 of eight thousand feet above the sea, which it never reaches, the Háwash is fed at long intervals7 by niggard tributaries8 from the high bulwarks9 of Shoa and Efát, and flows like a great artery10 through the arid11 and inhospitable plains of the Ada?el, green and wooded throughout its long course, until finally absorbed in the lagoons12 at Aussa; and the canopy13 of fleecy clouds, which, as the day dawned, hung thick and heavy over the lofty blue peaks beyond, gave sad presage14 of the deluge15 that was pouring between the verdant16 banks from the higher regions of its source.
Passing along the face of the murderous hill, which is of wacke formation, the road descended17 by several sloping terraces, to the level valley through which the river winds. At first thinly wooded, the soil was covered with tall rank grass, which, in consequence of the perpetual incursions of the Galla, grew in all its native luxuriance, uncropped whether by flock or herd18. But as the path wound on, gum-bearing acacias and other forest trees increased both in size and number—the jungle and undergrowth, teeming20 with guinea-fowl, which rose clamorously at every step, waxed thicker and thicker—groves of waving tamarisk, ringing to the voice of the bell-bird, flanked every open glade21, whereon lay traces of recent inundation22; and the noble trees which towered above them from the banks of the Háwash, gave evidence in their shattered branches of the presence of the most ponderous23 of terrestrial mammalia.
Vegetation having here assumed a luxuriance known to none of the joyless and unproductive regions hitherto traversed, it is with some difficulty that the pilgrim, anxious to behold24 the rare phenomenon of a running stream, forces his way through the dense25 thickets26, which, until the foot touches the very brink28 of the precipitous bank, so completely screen the silent river from view, that its very existence might almost be questioned. But after a persevering29 struggle, further progress was at length arrested by a deep volume of turbid30 water, covered with drift-wood, which rolled at the rate of some three miles an hour, between steep clayey walls twenty-five feet in height, bounding a mere31 break through the mud and sand. The breadth of the channel fell short of sixty yards, and the flood was not yet at its maximum; but its depth and violence, added to the broad belt of tamarisk and acacia, interlaced by large creepers and parasites32, which hems33 in both sides, promised to offer much difficulty and delay in the coming passage. Pensive34 willows35 that drooped36 mournfully over the troubled current were festooned with recent drift, hanging many feet above the level of the abrupt38 banks; and this appearance, no less than the rubbish scattered39 over the borders, fully37 proved the assertion of the natives that the water had recently been out, to the overflowing40 of the adjacent flat country for many miles.
The Háwash, here upwards41 of two thousand two hundred feet above the ocean, forms in this direction the nominal42 boundary of the dominions43 of the King of Shoa. Izhák was therefore strongly urged to despatch44 a courier in advance, who might apprise45 His Majesty46 of the near approach of the British Embassy. But from some latent and sinister47 motive48 of his own, the proposal was again negatived, as it had before frequently been, upon the grounds of the dangers to be apprehended49 on the road. These, according to his showing, rendered it impossible for a single messenger to venture on so rash an undertaking50, notwithstanding that Ahmed Mohammad, the Dankáli who had been the bearer of the letter despatched to Shoa from Tajúra, and who was still with the caravan51, had so recently passed twice in safety over this identical route.
As a measure of precaution against inundation, the camp was formed upon the summit of a small stony52 eminence53, considerably54 above high water mark; and several armed Bedouins were presently lounging and prying55 about the tent, to the great annoyance56 and discomfiture57 of the Ras el Káfilah. “Those fellows call themselves Débeni,” he remarked, “and will not commit murder wantonly, but the villains58 are thieves in grain, and will steal whatsoever59 they can lay their hands upon. They have no business here.”
Many energetic remonstrances60 touching61 the impropriety of the obtrusion62, produced not the smallest effect upon these obstinate63 savages64; and finding that they continued to laugh him to scorn, and to set his boasted authority at defiance66, the old man finally requested that a musket67 might be fired over their heads—a measure which quickly brought about the desired decampment. The smell of gunpowder68 is intolerable to every Dankáli. The bravest of the brave slide off with a growl69 and a sulky look, if a gun be but touched in their presence; and an unexpected discharge, as on this occasion, when a knot has collected, causes every man to start upon his feet, and, with a muttered curse, to bring his spear to the rest.
The residue70 of the day was devoted71 by the camel-drivers to the preparation of rafts for the transport of the baggage, and the working party was still at the river, when the Ada?el conch sounded to arms, and the shrill72 war-whoop again summoned all to the rescue. Great was the confusion that ensued, and light-footed warriors73 were to be seen scampering74 down every avenue, armed with spear and shield; but the cry proved to have been raised in consequence of a disaster that had befallen one of the camels. Too lazy to loosen the cord which fettered75 the fore19 legs of the animal, the stupid owner had driven it, thus crippled, down the steep slippery bank to the water’s edge, when, as might have been anticipated, it was swept away by the strong current, without being able to make one struggle for extrication76.
At sun-down the caravan was closely-packed within a stout77 thorn fence, serving as a partial protection against the wild beasts and plunderers with which the dense thicket27 is infested—its endless depths being so entangled79 and interwoven that no eye could penetrate80 the gloom. The moonless night was passed in extreme discomfort81, owing to a deluge of rain which commenced early, and fell incessantly82 for many hours. Deafening83 thunder pealed84 in startling claps overhead, and broad sheets of fire lighting85 up the entire face of the landscape at short intervals, for a moment only disclosed the savage65 loneliness of the wild spot, which was the next instant shrouded87 in pitchy darkness.
With the dawning day, preparations were commenced for crossing the river on ten frail88 rafts which had already been launched—transverse layers of drift-wood rudely-lashed together, being rendered sufficiently89 buoyant by the addition of numerous inflated90 hides and water-skins, to support two camel loads. The sharp creeses of the Danákil had removed many of the overtopping boughs91, interlaced with creepers, which impeded92 transit93 towards the point selected for the passage, and in the course of a few hours every portion of the baggage had been deposited at the water’s edge.
Casting off his garments, Mohammad Ali, always the foremost in cases of difficulty and danger, now seized the end of a rope betwixt his teeth, and, plunging94 into the river, swam with it to the opposite bank, where it was belayed, upon the principle of the flying bridge, to an overhanging willow—a guy which connected it with each raft serving to counteract95 the violence of the stream, which, in spite of the heavy rain, had fallen upwards of a foot during the night. Raiment was now discarded by every Dankáli, and the work commenced in right earnest, but difficult and laborious96 indeed was the task before them. The water trickled97 over their greasy98 limbs until a late hour of the evening, and the utmost exertions99 only succeeded in accomplishing the transfer of the endless train to the western bank before nightfall, with the loss of three beasts of burden drowned, and sundry100 firelocks sunk to the bottom.
This latter disaster arose from the spontaneous going to pieces of one of the rudely-lashed rafts, when one of the clumsy followers101 became entangled in the wreck102, and but for the exertions of the son of Ali Abi would inevitably103 have been lost. The fair Hásseinee was amongst those who were thus cast away in the middle of the deep waters; but hers was not the person to sink, and floating like a Naiad on the surface, with long raven104 locks streaming over her fat shoulders, the nymph appeared to be in her native element, and was soon shaking her wet petticoat on the opposite shore.
The baggage being of necessity divided, and the whole of the native escort as well as the camel-drivers employed in loading and navigating105 the rafts, it was deemed prudent106, in addition to an ostentatious display of rifles on both sides, to make liberal disbursements of blue calico, in order to purchase the neutrality of the Bedouins, who infest78 the borders of the river. On the division of the party, some of the Ada?el females being separated from their lords, a characteristic trait of Ibrahim Shehém Abli was elicited107 by the proposal for solution of the old riddle108 of the three jealous husbands, with their wives, who found on the banks of a rapid stream which they were desirous of crossing, a boat that would contain only three persons, whereas each felt unwilling109 to abandon his fair partner to the mercy of the other. After puzzling for some time without being able to arrange the transit in a satisfactory manner, “Murhabba!” he exclaimed; “had I been one of that same party, I should soon have settled the difficulty by cutting the throats of the two jealous rascals110, and taking all their women to myself.”
The stream of the Háwash being exceedingly thick and troubled, from the distance it had rolled betwixt clayey banks, it was with much satisfaction that a pond of wholesome111 water, styled Dubbélli, was discovered, divided from the river by a narrow wooded neck of land, one hundred and fifty yards across. Steep shelving walls strewed112 with shells and the reliquiae of hippopotami, environed this singular basin, which appeared to be fathomless113, and to measure a mile and a half in circumference114. Lofty trees, in a wintry dress, cast their deep shadow over the brink; and whilst the stems of many were partially115 immersed, the leafless branches of some were loaded with storks’ nests, and the shattered limbs of others presented tokens of the giant strength of the elephant, no less than of the terrible wrath116 of lightning and storm.
Corresponding tongues abutting117 from the opposite banks, divide the expanse into two equal bays. A group of wild Bedouins watered their camels on the shore, and in the centre Behemoth rolled his unwieldy carcase to the surface amid floating crocodiles—protruding his droll118 snout, which glistened119 in slimy ugliness, to blow ever and anon a snort that might be heard at the distance of a mile. A two-ounce ball, duly hardened with antimony, took effect in the skull120 of one of the boldest with a crash that was not to be mistaken; but although the monster went down, leaving a gallon of blood to denote the disaster that had befallen him, he had temporarily disappeared; and by the incredulous Danákil the assurance was received with a sneering121 shake of the head that his carcass must infallibly be found floating in the morning.
Much difficulty had been experienced in bringing the horses and mules122 across the river, and one obstinate donkey, but too well aware of its inability to swim, having pointedly123 refused to take the water, was towed over by main strength at the end of a rope. Inflated skins kept the animal afloat; but the stubborn head sinking below the surface, the poor beast landed with sides distended124 almost to bursting by too copious125 draughts126 of muddy water. His master, an aged127 washerman from Hindostan, loving Neddy as the apple of his eye, in the simplicity128 of his old heart, adopted the prescription129 of some wag who had facetiously130 recommended suspension by the heels, in order to try the ancient discipline of the Humane131 Society for the recovery of drowned mortals. A fit of apoplexy was the result, and the donkey expired under the lancet.
Followed by the lamentations of the disconsolate132 owner, the carcass was dragged some twenty yards beyond the limits of the encamping ground; and no sooner had the dark night thrown a shroud86 over it, than the foul133 scavengers of the forest assembled in numbers round the prey134, and regardless of a blazing watch-fire that had been kindled135 to avert136 the visits of the monarch137 of the wilderness138, commenced their revels139 with the demoniacal laugh indicative of a right happy mood. Whilst the rain descended in pitiless torrents140, a continual chuckle141 of the highest merriment, which ran through all the various notes of a clear throat, resounded142 afar amid the crunching143 of bones and munching144 of flesh—a deeper growl from some larger beast of prey, now and then varying the infernal harmony, to be followed by another ringing laugh as of a whole legion of devils. Vivid flashes of lightning played over the scene of this midnight carnival145; the violent snapping of branches in the adjacent forest proclaimed the nocturnal foray of the elephant and hippopotamus146; the loud roar and the startling snort were neither wanting to complete the concert of the wild Háwash, and long ere the morning dawned, the place of the carcass knew it not, every vestige147, even to the skull, having found a sepulchre in the maw of “the laughing hyaena.”
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majesty
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sinister
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