Chapter IX

Tour through the Mittoo country—Early morning in the wilderness
—Soldier carried away by a lion—Dokkuttoo—Fishing in the
Roah—Feeding a slave caravan—Ngahma—Dimindo, the hunter’s
Seriba—Wounds from the grass—Dangadduloo—Entertainment in the
Seribas—The river Rohl—Reception at Awoory—Footsore—Trial
of patience—People of the district—Poncet’s Seriba Mvolo—
Mercantile prospects for the Egyptian Government—Fantastic
character of landscape—Structure of pile-work—Rock-rabbits—
Rock-rabbits’ feet—Nile cataract in miniature—The _Tinnea
æthiopica_—Seriba Karo on the Wohko—Reggo and its breed of
dogs—Kurraggera—Aboo Sammat’s festivities—A speech of the
Kenoosian—Aboo Sammat and the subjugated chiefs—Deragoh
and its mountains—Kuddoo on the Roah—Fear of lions in the
forest of Geegyee—Return to Sabby—The Mittoo people—
Inferiority of race—Disfiguration of the lips by Mittoo
women—Fetters of fashion—Love of music 365