Thus far the greatest irregularity and confusion had prevailed among the Amhára troops, alike during the march and the encampment. A council of war was daily convened2, when each leader made his report and received verbal instructions for his guidance; but no order of any sort was promulgated3 until the moment before it was to be carried into effect, and all depended rather upon the whim4 and caprice of the monarch5 than upon the exigencies6 of the service. The first intimation of intended march was conveyed by the royal drums sounding suddenly to saddle a quarter of an hour before the advance, which, as the state pavilion went down, was announced by a flourish of horns.
But notwithstanding that the strictest silence had been observed on the subject by the Negoos, as well as by all who might have been unavoidably admitted to his confidence, strong surmises8 were entertained that a foray from Karábarek was to be the order of the following day; and about two hours after midnight, the sudden and unusual cessation of the psalm9 singing, followed by the heavy tramp past our tents of Ayto Shishigo’s detachment of Shoa-Meda horse, confirming the opinion, the hum of the surrounding body, like that of a disturbed hive of bees, continued until dawn. No sooner was it light than His Majesty10 rode silently forth11 from his enclosure without beat of the nugáreet, and thousands instantly flocked towards the royal person. The state umbrellas were encased in white bags, and the usual cumbrous Abyssinian robe, which effectually impedes12 all rapid movement, was on this occasion cast aside. Short wide trousers of various hues13 hung loosely to the knee. A thick white cloth girded up the loins. The skins of wild beasts, the lion, the panther, and the ocelot, alone hung over the brawny14 shoulder of the warrior15; and, with exception of about two hundred musqueteers with bayonets fixed16, every man-at-arms was equipped with spear, sword, and buckler, a mounted henchman behind many leading a spare charger.
At first starting the crush and confusion was truly terrific. Horses and mules17 rearing, kicking, and plunging18, with lances bristling19, and shields thumping20 in every direction, threatened instant destruction to each component21 member of the dense22 mass, which, crowded and locked fast together, streamed at a rapid trot23 after the king without the slightest order or regularity1, save such as was preserved by the exertions24 of the shield-bearers who rode immediately behind. The occasional passage of ploughed land, producing a suffocating26 cloud of dust, served still more to increase the confusion, which had reached its climax27 when a rivulet28 intersected the line of march. Steep perpendicular29 banks and treacherous30 channels opposing the extended front of the legion, and checking advance, a simultaneous exertion25 was made to gain the only practicable fords, which were in an instant filled to choking. The fiercest struggle for extrication31 ensued. Numbers floundering in the soft mud, or borne out of their saddles by the pressure of the crowd, were trampled32 under foot, whilst those who bestrode the stoutest33 steeds, clearing the way before them by sheer strength, forced their weaker neighbours to incline to the right and to the left, like frail34 reeds before the rush of the mountain deer.
The morning was bitterly cold. The hoar-frost lay thick and white upon the meadows; and as the rabble35 host trampled over the crisp grass towards the high range of Garra Gorphoo, which, at the distance of a few miles, rose to the height of twelve or fifteen hundred feet, the breath arose heavy from the nostril36 of man and beast, like a cloud of smoke, mixing with the dark columns of dust which followed the clattering37 hoofs38 of neighing war-steeds. During the first hour’s advance up the valley, reports were continually being brought in, and messenger after messenger galloping39 off in every direction; and as the foot of the mountain was gained, Ayto Berkie, with a large detachment of the men of Bulga, leaving the main body, moved upon the left, whilst the king struck up the steep face of the range in the centre of an extended line of men, who scoured40 every hill and hollow, and beat every nook and corner at a rapid pace.
Stretching thirty miles in length by about twelve or fifteen in breadth, the mountains of Garra Gorphoo, covered throughout with one sheet of rich cultivation41, form the water-shed between the Nile and the Háwash. The various rivulets42 that on either side wind down towards the parent streams, intersect it into hundreds of verdant43 valleys, on the swelling44 slopes of which the white-roofed houses of secluded45 Galla hamlets peep forth among dark green groves46 of juniper and acacia, that add beauty to the fair prospect47. These tropical highlands are inhabited by the Sertie tribe, who, long in a state of open rebellion, had rendered themselves doubly obnoxious48 to the despot, by attacking a detachment of Amhára the preceding year, of whom, whilst entangled49 in a morass51 near the foot of the range, eight hundred men were slain52. The day of retribution had at length arrived. The object of the expedition, hitherto so carefully concealed54, was now fully53 developed; and the military dispositions55 for sweeping56 destruction appeared to be right skilfully57 made.
Hurrying onward58 with ominous59 rapidity, slaughtering61 all who fell in their path, and with their weapons goading62 forward the herds63 of sleek65 cattle which teemed66 in every valley, the wild host now poured like an overwhelming torrent67 down the flowery slopes—now breasted the steep sunny acclivity like flames driven before the wind—and now wound in Indian file along the edges of cliffs affording scanty68 footing for a wild cat, where the loose soil, crumbling69 at every step, left the naked precipitous rock as the only available passage. Far and wide the crops were laid prostrate70, as if beaten down under the violence of the hurricane; and before ten o’clock, the highest pinnacle71 of the green range having been crowned, a wide prospect burst upon the eye. A succession of richly cultivated plains dotted over with clusters of conical white houses, in parts surrounded by clumps72 of tall junipers, stretched away from the foot, the very picture of peace and plenty. Embosomed between the isolated73 peaks of Yerrur, Sequala, and the far-famed Entótto, lay the wide plain of Germáma, thickly peopled by the Ekka and Finfinni Galla, upon whose doomed74 heads the thunderbolt was next to fall; and full in its centre two placid75 silver lakes, like great mirrors, reflected back the rays of the morning sun across sheets of luxuriant cultivation, extending for miles, nearly ready for the sickle76. Far beyond, the long wooded line of the Háwash, rolling its troubled waters towards the plain of the Ada?el, loomed77 indistinctly through the haze78; and in the extreme distance, the lofty blue range of the Aroosi and Ittoo Galla, skirting the mysterious regions of Guráguê, bounded the almost interminable prospect.
The morning mist, loaded with dust raised by the tramp of the Amhára steeds over acres of ploughed land, hung heavy on the slopes, and partially79 screening the approach of the locust80 army, conspired81 to enhance its success. Twenty thousand brawny warriors82, in three divisions, covering many miles of country, and linked by detachments in every direction, pressed on towards the inviting83 goal—their hearts burning with the implacable hatred84 of hostile barbarians85, and panting to consummate86 their bloody87 revenge. Taken entirely88 by surprise, their devoted89 victims lay helplessly before them, indulging in fatal dreams of happiness and security, alas90! too speedily to be dispelled91. Hundreds of cattle grazed in tempting92 herds over the flowery meads. Unconscious of danger, the unarmed husbandman pursued his peaceful occupation in the field; his wife and children carolled blithely93 over their ordinary household avocations94; and the ascending95 sun shone bright on smiling valleys, which, long before his going down, were left tenanted only by the wolf and the vulture.
Preceded by the holy ark of Saint Michael, veiled under its scarlet96 canopy97, the king still led the van, closely attended by the father confessor, and by a band of priests, with whom having briefly98 conferred, he turned towards the expectant army, and pronounced the ominous words which were the well-known signal for carrying fire and sword through the land—“May the God who is the God of my forefathers99 strengthen and absolve100!” Rolling on like the waves of the mighty101 ocean, down poured the Amhára host among the rich glades102 and rural hamlets, at the heels of the flying inhabitants—trampling under foot the fields of ripening103 corn, in parts half reaped, and sweeping before them the vast herds of cattle which grazed untended in every direction. In the extreme distance their destructive progress was still marked by the red flames that burst forth in turn from the thatched roofs of each invaded village; and the havoc104 committed many miles to the right by the division of Abogáz Maretch, who was advancing parallel to the main body, and had been reinforced by the detachment under Ayto Shishigo, became equally manifest in numerous columns of white smoke, towering upwards105 to the azure106 firmament107 in rapid succession.
We followed close in the train of the Negoos, who halted for a few minutes on the eastern face of the range; and the eye of the despot gleamed bright with inward satisfaction, whilst watching through a telescope the progress of the flanking detachments, as they poured impetuously down the steep side of the mountain, and swept across the level plain with the fury of the blast of the Sirocco. A rapid détour to the westward108 in an hour disclosed the beautifully secluded valley of Finfinni, which, in addition to the artificial advantage of high cultivation, and snug109 hamlets, boasted a large share of natural beauty. Meadows of the richest green turf, sparkling clear rivulets leaping down in sequestered110 cascades111, with shady groves of the most magnificent juniper lining112 the slopes, and waving their moss113-grown branches above cheerful groups of circular wigwams, surrounded by implements114 of agriculture, proclaimed a district which had long escaped the hand of wrath115. This had been selected as the spot for the royal plunder116 and spoliation; and the troops, animated117 by the presence of the monarch, now performed their bloody work with a sharp and unsparing knife—firing village after village, until the air was dark with smoke, mingled118 with the dust raised by the impetuous rush of man and horse.
The luckless inhabitants, taken quite by surprise, had barely time to abandon their property, and fly for their lives to the fastness of Entótto, which reared its protecting form at the distance of a few miles. The spear of the warrior searched every bush for the hunted foe119. Women and girls were torn from their hiding places to be hurried into hopeless captivity- Old men and young were indiscriminately slain among the fields and groves; flocks and herds were driven off in triumph, and house after house was sacked and consigned120 to the flames. Each grim Amhára warrior vied with his comrade in the work of retributive destruction amongst the execrated121 Galla. Whole groups and families were surrounded and speared within the walled courtyards, which were soon strewed122 with the bodies of the slain. Wretches123 who betook themselves to the open plain, were pursued and hunted down like wild beasts; and children of three and four years of age, who had been placed in the trees with a hope that they might escape observation, were included in the inexorable massacre124, and pitilessly shot among the branches. In the course of two hours the division left the desolated125 valley laden126 with spoil, and carrying with them numbers of wailing127 females and orphan128 children, together with the barbarous trophies129 that had been stripped from the mangled130 bodies of their victims.
The hoarse131 scream of the vulture as she wheeled in funereal132 circles over this appalling133 scene of carnage and devastation135, and the crackling of falling roofs and rafters from the consuming houses, alone disturbed the grave-like silence of the dreary136 and devoted spot, so lately resounding137 to the fiendish shouts and war-whoops138 of the excited warriors, and to the unpitied groans139 of their helpless captives. And as the exulting140 barbarians, followed by the curses of many homeless fugitives141 in Entótto, crossed the last range, gloomy columns of smoke, rising thick and dense to the darkened heavens, for miles in every direction, proclaimed that this recently so flourishing and beautiful location had, in a few brief hours, been utterly142 ruined, pillaged143, and despoiled144, as far as the means of ruthless man could effect its destruction.
The royal division crossed the deep vale of Finfinni by a most dangerous and difficult defile145, leading over the bed of the principal torrent, which winds through an extensive belt of dark juniper forest, of truly magnificent growth. Lofty pine-like trees, hoary146 with the moss of centuries, towered above banks that rose some hundred feet almost perpendicularly147, and were clothed throughout with tangled50 undergrowth. A huge fragment of porphyry, nearly choking the straitened descent, afforded barely sufficient room for the passage of a single horseman, whilst a succession of slippery rocks and treacherous pools filled up the channel to the opposite bank, steep, abrupt148, and wooded.
Loud shouts drowned the pleasing murmur149 of a splashing waterfall; and so great was the confusion caused by the crush of men, horses, and mules, mingled with frightened droves of oxen and sheep, all struggling tumultuously towards the only outlet150, that many accidents occurred. Horses and riders were forced over the precipice—others were trampled under foot by the overwhelming rush from behind, and a handful of resolute151 men might with ease have kept at bay the whole rabble army of the invader152. But the Abyssinian system of warfare153 consists in surprise and murder, not in battle or fair conflict. The king continued to advance rapidly without the smallest check, and being escorted only by a few fusiliers of the body-guard, carrying each two rounds of ammunition154, was necessarily much exposed; but confident in the terror with which his meteor-like descent would inspire his unwary foes155, no dispositions were made for the security of his person, in the event of resistance or surprise.
Emerging from the forest which extended two miles beyond the Finfinni defile, the scattered156 forces began to rendezvous157 around the state umbrellas, now unfurled, to which they were directed by the incessant158 beating of kettle-drums. Whilst the work of destruction still continued to rage on all sides, herd64 after herd of lowing beeves came pouring towards the royal standard, and each new foraging159 party brought with it fresh groups of captive women and girls. Some of the more braggart160 warriors affecting inability to return their blood-stained blades to the scabbard, pompously161 carried them in the hand unsheathed; and even the boyish arms of some of the most effeminate of the royal pages had proved victorious162 over a defenceless victim. The slaughter60 had been immense. Every desolated court-yard was crowded with the bodies of the slain—childhood and decrepit163 age had fared alike; and the murderers, unconscious of the disgrace attaching to unmanly deeds, unblushingly heralded164 their shame.
Detailing their deeds of cruelty, they basked165 in the smiles of their savage166 and approving monarch, whose only eye became at times frightfully wild with excitement, although his demeanour throughout the long day of horrors was cool and self-possessed, from the experience that he had acquired during eighty-four similar forays.
After a brief halt, the march was resumed through the country of the Ekka Galla, which was clean swept with the besom of destruction; and the distinguishing green sprig of asparagus in the woolly heads of successful cavaliers became more and more numerous as the eventful day drew on to its close. The sun at length disappeared behind the western mountains, towards which the course of the army was directed; and night, casting her mantle167 over the dismal168 scene, stayed the arm of the warrior. During fourteen hours passed in the saddle, above fifty miles of country had been passed over; and the weary forces finally halted in the Ekka valley, without possessing the smallest idea of the position of the rear division, with the tents and baggage, to the leader of which no clue had been afforded as to the royal intentions.
Horses and mules were now turned loose among the standing7 beans; and several thousand head of cattle, tired to death with the distance they had been driven from their wonted pastures, were, with infinite difficulty, collected in a hollow, girdled on three sides by a deep ravine. It was closed on the fourth by a steep acclivity, on the summit of which the king, surrounded by his chieftains, took up his position for the night. His Majesty, although fasting throughout the day, sent his only loaf to be eaten by “his children;” and looking forth upon the fruits of his masterly foray, seemed, in the contemplation of the amassed169 herds, to be insensible alike to the cold wintry blast, and to the long calls of hunger. 4 A wilder scene can scarcely be imagined than that presented by the nocturnal bivouac of the locust-like army of the Amhára, flushed by its recent success. Loud whoops and yells, arising from every quarter of the wide valley, mingled with the incessant lowing of kine, the bleating170 of sheep, the shrill171 neighing of the war-steed, and the occasional wailing of some captive maid. Groups of grim warriors, their hands embrued in the innocent blood of infancy172, and their stern features lighted by the fitful flame, chuckling173 over the barbarous spoils they had won, vaunted their inhuman174 exploits, as they feasted greedily on raw and reeking175 carcasses. Spears and bucklers gleamed brightly around hundreds of bale-fires, composed of rafters stripped from the surrounding houses; and the whole distant landscape, red from the lurid176 glare reflected by scores of crackling hamlets, completed a picture worthy177 the pencil of the artist who delights in the delineation178 of brutal179 revelry. No sentry180 paced the environs of the straggling encampment—no watchword challenged the tramp of the man-at-arms. The deep hum of thousands gradually waned181 and died away, and each composed himself to slumber182 on the spot where his carousal183 had been held. A pall134 constructed with spears supporting a cotton robe, screened the person of the Negoos; and so long as the biting cold would permit, we slept at broken intervals184 upon the bare ground, amid the gorged185 and weary warriors, the saddle of each serving for a pillow—
“The earth our bed, our canopy the sky.”
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| v.衰落( wane的过去式和过去分词 )；（月）亏；变小；变暗淡 | |
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