CHAPTER XXIII.

An Abyssinian Improvisatore and His Little Slave—Prepare for a March to Massawa—A Strange Basé Breakfast—Patients—Arrive at Toodloak—Beni-Amirs Encamped on the Gash—Lions and Leopards are Shot—Our Monkeys in Camp—Baboon Mode of Attacking Leopards—Crafty Baboons—Lions Abound—Hyæna Method of Attacking a Lion—Hyæna Interviews Mr. Colvin—Arrival at Amadeb—Departure from Amadeb—Bareas Attempt an Attack on the Caravan—Beni-Amirs Watering their Flocks and Herds—We Meet with a young Elephant—Leopard and Hyæna Shot at Khor-Baraker 285-297