CHAPTER XX.

Patients Arrive from all Parts—Rough Journeys—Arrive at the Hamran Settite—Mahomet Sali Deceives us—Crocodiles, Turtle, and Fish—We Move on to Boorkattan, in Abyssinia—Next Day we Move off as Abyssinians Approach—We Catch Enormous Quantities of Fish with the Net—Narrow Escape from a Wounded Buffalo—The Coorbatch Administered—Scorpions and Snakes—Hamrans Visit Us—Hamran mode of Hunting and Snaring—Hamran and Basé—The Hamrans Threaten to Fire on Us—Again Return to the Hamran Settite—Encamp at Omhagger 244-263