“The Robi is not dead,” was the first falsehood that greeted the ear when daylight had returned. To have told the truth on this occasion must have redounded1 to the personal advantage of the informant, but he had nobly upheld the national character at the sacrifice of a handful of his much-loved tobacco. Repairing to the margin2 of the lake, the freckled3 pink sides of a defunct4 hippopotamus5 were to be seen high above the surface, as the distended6 carcass floated like a monstrous7 buoy8 at anchor. It had become entangled9 among the tall tamarisks that rose through the shallow water near the brink10, but hawsers11 were carried out with all diligence, and with the aid of the rudder-like tail, the Colossus was towed to shore, and landed among the mud under the acclamations of the assembled caravan12.
“Where the carcase is, there shall the eagles be gathered together.” A formidable band of “Bones” were already squatted13 at a respectful distance, to watch the progress of events, and no sooner had the teeth been hewn out than they laid aside their bows and quivers, and having stripped the thick hide from off the ribs14, attacked the mountain of flesh with the vigour15 of a South African horde16. Donkeys and women were laden17 with incredible despatch18, and staggering under huge flaps of meat, the archers19 had soon left the scene of operations. Two reservoirs, each lying at the distance of a musket20 shot, had meanwhile been visited—the one a sulphuric basin of considerable extent, the other a vast sheet of water, embosomed in trees, dotted over with wood-clothed islets, and teeming21 with hippopotami. But this was neutral ground; and the fears of the Danákil conjuring22 into existence a host of lurking23 foes24, the period allowed for investigation26 was brief.
Bidding adieu with light hearts to the muddy Háwash, the party resumed its march so soon as the camel furniture had become sufficiently27 dry; and skirting the Dubbélli lake, from the waters of which Behemoth blew a parting salute28, passed the Bedouin hamlet of Mulku-kúyu in the Dófah district, to a fourth pond bearing the euphonous title of Ailabello. Prettily29 situated30 in a secluded31 green hollow, and presenting about the same circumference32 as its neighbour, below which it is considerably33 depressed34, this pool resembles a circular walled cistern35, and is obviously the basin of an old crater36. Its waters, alkaline, bitter, and strongly sulphureous even to the smell, receive constant accessions from a hot mineral well at the brink, and possessing the singular detergent37 property of bleaching38 the filthiest39 cloth, many of the Danákil were for once to be seen in flaunting40 white togas. Thence the road lay over a grassy41 plain, covered with volcanic42 sand and ashes, and shut in by cones43 of trivial altitude, forming another field of extinct craters44, many very perfect, and each environed by its individual zone—whilst the circumjacent country, embracing a diameter of eight miles, exhibited through the superincumbent soil, tracts45 of jet black lava46.
Apprehensions47 being entertained of the non-existence of pools at the station suited for the encampment, still some miles in advance, a détour was made from the main road to Ado, “the White Water,” a very extensive lake, at which the skins were replenished48 and the thirst of the animals slaked49. A belt of high acacia jungle embosomed this noble expanse, which exceeded two miles in diameter, the glassy surface in parts verdant50 with sheets of the lotus in full flower, and literally51 covered with aquatic52 fowls53. Geese, mallard, whistling teal, herons, and flamingoes, with a new species of the parra, were screaming in all directions as they winged their flight from the point invaded, where a party of Bedouin shepherdesses deposed54 to having seen a troop of elephants bathing not half an hour before—the numerous prints of their colossal55 feet remaining in testimony56, sunk fresh and heavy on the moist sands.
Prior to crossing the Háwash, the only sheep observed were the Ovis aries laticaudata, or Hejáz lamb, with sable57 head and neck, thick fatty tail, and fleece composed of hair instead of wool. This species had now, to the westward58 of the river, given place to the larger Abyssinian breed, with huge pendulous59 appendages60 of truly preposterous61 size, encumbered62 with fat, and vibrating to the animal’s progress. Parti-coloured goats, armed with long wrinkled horns, still diversified63 the flocks, which were uniformly attended by small dogs with foxlike heads, spotted64 yellow and white, and evidently high in favour with their dark mistresses.
Several of these females wore around the neck large tinkling65 brazen66 bells, borrowed from the collar of an Abyssinian mule67, and forming a very suitable accompaniment to the massive fabrications of pewter and copper68 which loaded their ears. Their long black tresses were braided into an infinity69 of streamers, each resembling the lash70 of a schoolboy’s whip, and various most ingenious tattooed71 devices scarred their arms, temples, and bosoms72. By the beaux of the caravan, unqualified homage73 was paid to certain coquettes, who carried milk jars curiously74 wrought75 of palm leaves, and studded with manifold cowrie shells. To the backs of sundry76 weird77 harridans78 were strapped79 skins containing sour curds80, which attracted flies in the tens of millions usually seen around the molasses at a Banian’s stall. No attempt was made to disturb those that clustered in their blear-inflamed eyes; and the swarms81 collected about the wrinkled comers of the mouth, were only put to flight when the hand was applied82 to second the wonted exclamation83 of surprise at the appearance of a white face, “Nubbee Mohammadoo!”
Numerous wigwams peeped through the extensive forest of aged85 camel-thorns, which borders on Lé Ado, and eventually debouches upon a succession of barren plains covered with herds86 of antelope87. Two rough stone enclosures by the wayside were surmounted88 by poles, from which dangled89 the heads of as many lions, dilapidated by time, although still enveloped90 in the skin, and said to have been speared on this spot many years before by the Bedouins, who exalted91 these trophies92 in commemoration of the deed.
Immediately beyond this point lay the encamping ground at Wady Azbóti, where numerous shallow pools had been filled by the recent rain, but where the ill-starred cattle were compelled to content themselves with water only, not a vestige93 of grass or green herb remaining in the vicinity. It had, in feet, now become a proverb, that these two essential materials to existence could never be found in the Adel wilderness94 in one and the same place. Vast flights of locusts95, which had assisted to lay the country bare, still carrying desolation in their progress, were shaping their destructive course towards Abyssinia. They quite darkened the air at the moment that the caravan halted; and a host of voracious96 adjutants wheeled high above the dense97 cloud, at one moment bursting with meteor-like velocity98 through the serried99 phalanx, and at the next stalking over the field to fill their capacious maws with the victims which their long scythe-fashioned pinions100 had swept incontinently from the sky.
The groves101 around Azbóti afforded a welcome supply of bustard, partridges, and guinea-fowl, together with the mhorr, and pigmy antelope; and on the return of the heavily-loaded Nimrods to the tent, infinite diversion was found in the horror depicted102 on the physiognomy of the warlike leader of the Hy Somauli band, whose old fashioned bob wig84, quaint103 gait, and antiquated104 comicalities, had justly invested him with the sobriquet105 of “Doctor Syntax.” The professor of natural history was as usual busily engaged in the preparation of cabinet specimens106, when the old oddity advanced to see what was going on; and as the bodies of beetles107 and locusts were subjected to the process of toasting over the fire, his droll108 features were distorted by lines which revealed plainly enough an inward conviction entertained, that the operation was none other than culinary, and that the hideous109 insects were to be eaten.
But the war-whoop, without which few days ever drew to a close, had aroused the doctor from his cogitations; and at the head of his men he was presently in hot pursuit of a band of ruffians, who had cleverly contrived110 to drive off a camel pertaining111 to the káfilah. Returning with the booty after a long chase, the exploit was celebrated112 by the war-dance, which for an hour kept the camp in a fierce uproar113. Formed in a circle, the excited warriors114 crouched115 low to the ground as they stomped116 vis-à-vis, and howled with the utmost fury. Then rising with one accord, they brandished117 their spears aloft, and vaulted118 frantically119 in the air through a maze120 of intricate figures. Next arrayed in line, a brave sprung ever and anon to the front, and striding up and down with mincing121 gait, went through strange gesticulations and contortions122, as he recited the prowess of the dan, and urged it to future deeds of valour—the clash of spear and shield responding at every pause, whilst the wild chorus pealed123 along the ranks. Confusion now ensued: the band was engaged in a pantomimic conflict. Savage124 after savage, rolling his eyeballs, sprang panther-like across the loins of his nearest neighbour, and clinging fast with his beds, tightly clasped his erect125 opponent with the muscles of his legs. Creeses flashed brightly in the air; mock wounds were inflicted126, and the form of dividing the windpipe having been duly gone through, long and loud arose, with the renewed dance, triumphant127 strains of “Awey birooah! awey birooah!” “I have slain128 my foe25! I have slain my foe!”
Towards the close of the day, which was hot and muggy129 under the steam that arose from the saturated130 soil, a Bedouin rode consequentially131 into camp, and, after making his observations, departed even as he had come, without deigning132 an explanation of any sort. Attention was particularly attracted to this prying133 stranger, from the circumstance of his grey steed being branded on flank and wither134 with the Ethiopian sign of the cross. Delivering no message, although he was conjectured135 to be a retainer of Wulásma Mohammad, the Abogáz or custos of the frontier of Efát, whose post was now not distant more than twenty miles, the mysterious demeanour of this spy did not fail to strengthen a report, which had long been in circulation among the mischievous136 Danákil that at the court of Shoa, the British were far from being regarded in the light of welcome visitors, and further, that an armed party was in readiness to oppose entrance into the kingdom—a rumour137 which, however improbable, was unfortunately further supported by the extraordinary and unaccountable fact of no sort of recognition having, up to this period, been vouchsafed138 by His Most Gracious Majesty139 the King.
Rising tier above tier to the supremely140 soaring peak of Mamrat, “the Mother of Grace,” with her domed141 head ever canopied142 in clouds, the lofty mountains which fortify143 the royal dominions144 now shot like giant castles from the sandy plain, the most conspicuous145 features in the landscape. Volcanic impediments, such as had beset146 the heretofore weary path, had at length finally ceased, but the glowing sulphur lulls147 of Sullála reared their fantastic spires148 on the verge149 of the monotonous150 expanse; and high among the more venerable witnesses to the history of the troubled lowlands, the position of Ankóber was discernible to the naked eye, with the steep Cháka range stretching beyond at still greater elevation151. The luxuriant verdure which clothed the rugged152 sides of the nearer slopes, whilst it contrasted strongly with the aridity153 of the barren tracts at their base, indicated the presence of the autumnal rains; and hereof further evidence was afforded in the low grumbling154 of frequent thunder, echoing like distant artillery155 among the serrated summits, as the heavy black clouds at intervals156 drew their smoky mantle157 across the scene, and veiled the monsters from sight.
The departure of the silent spy was followed by the arrival of a most boisterous158 visitor from the highlands. The hazy159 sun, shorn of his bright beams, and looming160 a dull fiery161 globe in the dense mist, had no sooner disappeared in wrath162, than a furious whirlwind tore along the desert plain, and during the gloomy twilight163, the storm, which had been cradled amid the mighty164 mountains, descended165 in desolation, like an angry giant from his keep.
Black masses of cloud, rolling impetuously along the steep acclivities, settled at length over the face of the waste, for a time shrouding166 the very earth in its dark dank embrace, only to render more striking the contrast to the dazzling light which in another moment had succeeded. Brilliant corruscations blazed and scintillated167 in every quarter of the fervid168 heavens, hissing169 and spluttering through the heavy fog, or darting170 like fiery serpents along the surface of the ground—at one instant awfully171 revealing the towering peaks that frowned far in the distance—at the next flashing in a hot sulphury flame through the centre of the encampment.
Meanwhile the deep roll of thunder continued without a moment’s intermission, the prolonged growl172 of each startling clap varying ever as it receded173 in a fitful change of intonation174; whilst the walling of the blast, accompanied by the sharp rattle175 of hail, and the impetuous descent of torrents176 of rain, completed the horrors of a tempest which, now at its height, careered madly over the unbroken plain. The soil had soon swallowed the deluge177 to overflowing178. Muddy rivulets179 poured through every quarter of the flooded bivouac; and the heavy tarpaulins180, which had afforded some temporary shelter, proving of little further avail, the shivering but still watchful181 party were exposed during many dismal182 hours that ensued to all the merciless fury of this unappeasable hurricane.
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hippopotamus
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entangled
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laden
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conjuring
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foe
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circumference
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cistern
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crater
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grassy
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cones
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craters
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apprehensions
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literally
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aquatic
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fowls
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testimony
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westward
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majesty
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