Rome is said to have subdued1 the world under the direction of a hen and chickens, but the legions of Shoa and Efát are aroused to victory by the shrill2 crowing of a cock, which is invariably carried with the army, in one of the wicker baskets forming the pedestal of the banqueting table. One hundred and fifty-six choristers, termed asmároch, are entertained at the expense of the crown, upon extensive grants of land, to chant psalms3 and hymns4 each livelong night of the entire year. Twelve are brought on duty every month, and their vigils, which are invariably kept standing5, are observed with more than usual strictness during the continuance of a military expedition. Throughout the hours of darkness their loud chorus arose from the pavilion without a moment’s intermission, and their vocal6 labours around the holy ark ceased only with the approach of dawn.
Many detachments being still in the rear, a halt was proclaimed with a view to admit of their joining the head quarters, and the king, escorted by two thousand cavalry7, made an excursion to a knoll8 at some distance from the encampment, whence on a range stretching to the south-eastward, the hill of Dalófa was conspicuous9. Hereon His Majesty10 has recently erected11 a palace, which he rarely visits except for the purpose of controlling by his presence the disaffected12 and turbulent Galla, whose continual outbreaks render it a far from agreeable place of residence. Gazing for hours over the extensive tract13 of rich meadow land which lay stretched like a map at his feet, the mind of the contemplative monarch14, occasionally occupied by the administration of justice, appeared to be chiefly engrossed15 with the coming chapter of events, and to be abstractedly scanning the direction in which to pounce16 upon the surrounding foe17.
The favourite dancing girl meanwhile attuning18 her shrill throat to song laudatory19 of her own vocal powers, and of her happy state of independence, in wild though far from pleasing notes carolled ever and anon as the spirit of the nightingale entered into her soul.
“Care have I none, no flock to keep,
Nor corn to grind, nor field to reap;
’Tis mine alone through the livelong day
To charm the king with my roundelay.
“Task have I none, no toil20 to share,
Nor wood to fetch, nor load to bear;
’Tis mine alone but to dance and sing,
And drink to the health of my lord the king.”
“Pity is it,” remarked one of our party, “since the damsel has so little to do, that she does not that little better.”
“What fault have you to find with her performance?” growled21 the chief smith from beneath the ample folds of his lion skin cloak, enveloped22 in which he had composed himself to rest under the shadow of an adjacent bush;—“what fault have you to find with the king’s asmári? She sings according to the fashion of her own country, and that is surely sufficient.”
Early the ensuing morning the royal drums beat to saddle, and in half an hour the army, which had swelled23 meanwhile to about fifteen thousand fighting men, was in motion over a country especially favourable24 to its advance. Some military precautions were now observed. Large brigades of horse served as flanking parties, and the heights to the right and left were severally occupied, as the state umbrellas advanced over the level green sward, at the rate of three miles an hour. The king, with a few favourite chiefs, preceded by Ayto Berri, the quarter-master-general, and by the corps25 of guides escorting the holy ark and Book of the law, led the host, which, extending for miles and miles to the rear, came pouring over the hills, and down the valleys, like a swollen26 river bursting its banks, and overflowing27 the entire country.
The military system of Shoa being entirely28 feudal29, each governor in the realm is required to furnish his contingent30 of militia31 in proportion to his landed tenure—the peasantry being at all times ready for the foray, and expected to purvey32 horse, arms, and provisions, without payment from the state. Four hundred fusiliers, bondsmen of the king, alone receive pay—eight pieces of salt, value twenty pence sterling33, being disbursed34 annually35 to each, in addition to the food and raiment granted to every royal slave. Little discipline exists in the army thus composed, but considerable tact36 is evinced in its organisation37 and distribution—small confidence being reposed38 in that portion which is not drawn39 from ancient possessions.
Of three grand divisions, the centre, commanded by His Majesty in person, consisted of the Luguamioch, under Ayto Melkoo, Master of the Horse; the Gásha Shákri, or shield-bearers, and the detachment of the collector of newly-levied tribute. Immediately on the left flank were the fusiliers of Ayto Kátama, commander-in-chief of the bodyguard40, behind whom came the Wotzbietoch, or females of the royal kitchen;—then the legion of Ayto Guebroo, governor of Mentshar; and, lastly, the detachments of Shoa-Meda, of Morát, and Morab?etie.
The van, consisting of skirmishers, is invariably led by the great governor of the subjugated41 Galla, under the title of Worári. With Abogáz Maretch, who now filled this important post, were the tried governors of Bulga, Kembibít, Góla, and Ootuba, whose respective detachments are Christians42, and who are all drawn from the neighbourhood, where intercourse43 with the Galla is most frequent. The third division, or rear-guard, is commanded by the general styled Wobo, who is arbitrarily chosen from the seats of seven governments in the north, viz. Giddem, Géshe, Antzochia, Mans, Káa, Gabriel, and Efrata—the same individual being never selected on two consecutive44 expeditions. By the continual exercise of his staff, the Master of the Horse, assisted by the shield-bearers, contrived45 to preserve the proper distance between the van of the army and the royal person, but confusion reigned46 elsewhere. Warriors47 were huddled48 together without order or arrangement, and every trooper selecting his own position in the detachment to which he belonged, diverted himself by devising the death of the numerous hares that scampered49 through the army, and, strange to say, often threaded the maze50 of hoofs51 in safety.
During the early part of the march, herds52 of cattle grazing quietly in the pastures around various hamlets, proclaimed a subjugated tribe; and clans53 of tributary54 Galla, each led by its respective chief in some fantastic costume formerly55 received at the royal hands, met His Majesty at intervals56, in order to present tribute either in horses or kine—the whole greasy57 band dismounting at a respectful distance on the flank, hurrying before the despot’s path, and with bosoms58 bared, prostrating59 themselves simultaneously60 upon the earth. Little respect, however, was paid to the standing crops—afield after field of ripening61 corn being trampled62 level with the ground, in spite of the remonstrance63 of the disconsolate64 husbandmen, who, with heavy stones upon their heads, threw themselves at the feet of the king with loud and reiterated65 appeals.
The course was generally south-west, and conjecture66 was on the rack as to the scene of active operations and the ultimate destination of the army. But the secret still remaining with its royal leader, any new speculation67 on the subject did but elicit68 the old remark, “The belly69 of the master is not known.” Choristers continued to beguile70 the tedious march with their rambling71 stanzas72, and to pour out shrill strains of melody like the notes of the wild bird. The rough riders galloped74 before the van of the host to exhibit the paces of steeds received in tribute; and His Majesty, alighting ever and anon from his mule75, reposed for a few minutes upon the cushioned alga which was carried in his train.
Nothing could be more tame and monotonous76 than the country passed over. Wide grassy77 undulations, interspersed78 with extensive cultivation79, rose unrelieved by a single tree or other redeeming80 feature, save the many European flowers that wantoned beneath the joyous81 sunshine on the far-stretching prairie. The Karinza, the Fincha, the Chatti, and the Rufa rivers, all tributary to the Nile, were crossed in succession. Deep, narrow, muddy channels intersecting verdant82 meadows, these presented the general character of all Galla streams, cutting silently through the rich dark soil, and leaving swampy83 quagmires84 on the waving downs. At long intervals the Negoos, dismounting to change mules85, proceeded some distance on foot—an example followed by all. On the first of these occasions His Majesty went through the comedy of thrusting his feet into slippers86, selected from a bag carried by a slave, which contained numerous pairs manufactured of various coloured morocco. Many were tried in succession, but the royal heels being invariably chafed87 and blistered88, the experiment was finally abandoned in despair; and sacrificing dignity to comfort, the despot, like his liege subjects, advanced unshod.
For several hours not a horned head had been visible around the deserted89 hamlets; and late in the afternoon, when the van of the flagging army arrived in the extensive plain of Abai Deggar, completely environed by hills, the order was given to encamp, destroy, and plunder90. Instantly ensued a rush from all quarters at full gallop73. Flourishing fields of wheat, barley91, and beans, the produce of the toil of a rebellious92 tribe, were ravaged93 and overrun by the locust95 hordes96; and in the course of half an hour, the soil being stripped of every acre of cultivation, there commenced a general scramble97 for the rafters and ribs98 of houses, of which the skeletons were presently consigned99 to the flames.
The women of the royal kitchen had, as before, been the first to select a centrical and advantageous100 spot on which to pursue their important avocations101; but some arbitrary change having been directed by His Majesty, who occupied his usual elevated position, the camp was thrown into confusion. Quarrels and scuffles might now be witnessed in every quarter. Those who had taken possession of a luxuriant pasture or the vicinage of water, stoutly102 defended the treasure against invading comrades, and recourse being had to weapons, sword cuts and broken heads were quite in fashion. Although now in an enemy’s country, neither picket103, vidette, nor sentry104 was mounted, and not the slightest precaution against nocturnal surprise was adopted towards the security of the camp.
But no advantage was taken of the Amhára neglect, and another and similar forced march over a country equally devoid105 of interest with the tract already crossed, led to the long narrow valley of Karábarek, at the foot of the Garra Gorphoo mountains. The bright spear-blades glittered through the cloud of stifling106 dust that marked the course of myriads107 over ploughed land. Green fields and smiling meadows quickly lost their bloom under the tramp of the steed; for no cultivation was now spared, and ruin and desolation were the order of the day. Straggling parties of the Sertie Galla had been seen crowning the heights that skirted the line of march, and near the peaked hill of Wyfun they were assembled in numbers; but none ventured within half a mile of a host, twenty thousand in number, all thirsting alike for the blood of their enemies. Far and wide the country was laid waste, and every vestige108 of human habitation destroyed under the torch, the flames racing109 among the riper barley with the speed of a galloping110 horse; but the wretched inhabitants, aware of the approach of the spoiler, had abandoned their dwellings111 before the storm burst over them, and one aged94 man only had yet fallen into the merciless clutches of the invaders112.
This prize had stained the hand of a follower113 of Ayto Gádel, governor of Chercha, a functionary114 far from being notorious for courageous115 bearing. On the occasion of Medóko’s last advance, his was the mansion116 first beleaguered117 by the insurgents118, but he fled in dismay, leaving his fair partner to defend the premises119. Joining after the first day’s march, he had put the most diverting questions relative to the English, with whose appearance he was greatly perplexed120.
“Are these people pagans?” inquired the hero with owlish features, but too strongly indicative of his vacant mind.
“No.”
“Are they Islams?”
“No.”
“Then what are they?”
“Christians.”
“Christians! Impossible. They observe no fast, and wear no máteb as a badge of their religion Is there any grass in their country?”
(Máteb, i.e. Mark or token. The blue silk cord worn around the neck by the Christians of Shoa.)
“Why not?”
“How did I know? Have they cattle?”
“Abundance.”
“And sheep and goats?”
“Certainly.”
“And their Negoos, does he carry debaboch (Umbrellas of state), and make great zumachas (Military expeditions) with warriors like these?”—turning his oyster121 eyes, lighted with something like martial122 fire, towards the countless123 rabble124 in the rear. But the party thus interrogated125 could keep his temper no longer; and as the little hunch-backed father confessor rode jauntily126 up with a dirty page perched on the crupper of his mule, to volunteer a lesson in the noble art of equitation, he galloped off, exclaiming with a sneer—
“Like these, forsooth! One of Her Britannic Majesty’s regiments127 would in a single hour sweep from off the face of the earth the whole undisciplined mob that swells128 the train of the boasted descendant of King Solomon.”
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vocal
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cavalry
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knoll
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majesty
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disaffected
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tract
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monarch
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pounce
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foe
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laudatory
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growled
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swelled
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favourable
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swollen
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militia
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sterling
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annually
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tact
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intercourse
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consecutive
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contrived
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reigned
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warriors
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scampered
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maze
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herds
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clans
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bosoms
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remonstrance
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