In
Despair At The Loss, My Men Followed In Hot Pursuit, And Two Of
The Tokrooris Overtook Her, And Held On To Her Tail Like
Bull-Dogs, Although Dragged For Some Distance, At Full Gallop
Through Thorns And Ruts, Until The Other Men Arrived And
Overpowered The Thin, But Wiry Animal.
When slaughtered, there
was a great squabble between my men and the Abyssinians, who
endeavoured to steal the meat.
CHAPTER XVIII.
A CAMEL FALLS, AND DIES.
I EXTRACT a few notes from my journal:--
"March 25, 1862.--Mai Gubba is about twelve miles E.N.E. of our
camp. Mek Nimmur's stronghold is upon a lofty table-mountain, due
south of this spot, from which great elevation (about 5,000 feet)
the granite mountain of Cassala is said to be plainly visible.
"March 27.--We started for the Bahr Salaam, and said good-bye to
Mek Nimmur, as we passed his position on our march; he had given
us a guide; an awful-looking scoundrel.
"We had hardly marched two miles, when one of the baggage-camels
suddenly fell down to die; the Arabs immediately cut its throat
with a sword, and Bacheet, having detached one ear as a witness
of its death, galloped back to borrow a fresh camel of Mek
Nimmur, which he very kindly sent without delay. We were obliged
to bivouac on the spot for the night, as the Arabs required the
flesh of their camel, which was cut into thin strips. As they
were employed in skinning it, they ate large quantities raw and
quivering.
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