Exploration of the Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia: The Sources, Supply, and Overflow of the Nile; the Country, People, Customs, Etc. Interspersed with Highly Exciting Adventures of the Author Among Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Hippopotami, Rhinoceros, Etc., Accompanied by Expert Native Sword Hunters ... |
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Page 148 - BEHOLD, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's 116 beard : that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 152 - And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
Page 598 - When aroused his wrath is terrible, and all tremble ; but at all moments he possesses a perfect self-command. Indefatigable in business, he takes little repose night or day : his ideas and language are clear and precise ; hesitation is not known to him; and he has neither councillors nor go-betweens. He is fond of splendour, and receives in state even on a campaign. He is unsparing in punishment — very necessary to restrain disorder, and to restore order in such a wilderness as Abyssinia. He...
Page 152 - And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. And...
Page 598 - He has begun to reform even the dress of Abyssinia, all about his person wearing large flowing trowsers, and upper and under vests, instead of the half-naked costumes introduced by the Gallas. Married himself at the altar, and strictly continent, he has ordered or persuaded all who love him to follow his example, and exacts the greatest decency of manners and conversation. This system he hopes to extend to all classes.
Page 355 - Do now stealthily approached the ledge of rock beneath which he had expected to see the head of the animal ; his long sinewy arm was raised, with the harpoon ready to strike, as he carefully advanced. At length he reached the edge of the perpendicular rock ; the hippo had vanished, but, far from exhibiting surprise, the old Arab remained standing on the sharp ledge, unchanged in attitude. No figure of bronze could...
Page 598 - Ho has abolished the barbarous practice of delivering over murderers to the relatives of the deceased, handing over offenders, in public, to his own executioners, to be shot or decapitated. "The arduous task of breaking the power of the great feudal chiefs — a task achieved in Europe only during the reign of many consecutive kings— he has commenced by chaining almost all who were dangerous, avowing his intention of liberating them when his power shall be consolidated.
Page 597 - Ethiopian Empire, and to achieve great conquests ; of untiring energy, both mental and bodily, his personal and moral daring are boundless. The latter is well proved by his severity towards his soldiers, even when these, pressed by hunger, are mutinous, and he is in front of a powerful foe ; more so even by his pressing reforms on a country so little used to any yoke, whilst engaged in unceasing hostilities, and his suppression of the power of the great feudal Chiefs, at a moment when any inferior...
Page 513 - ... a single vulture ; whereas, if visible, they would have been visited by these birds in thousands. Vultures and the Marabou stork fly at enormous altitudes. I believe that every species keeps to its own particular elevation, and that the atmosphere contains regular strata of birds of prey, which, invisible to the human eye at their enormous height, are constantly resting upon their wide-spread wings, and soaring in circles, watching with telescopic sight the world beneath.
Page 32 - Innumerable skeletons of camels lay in all directions ; the ships of the desert thus stranded on their voyage. Withered heaps of parched skin and bone lay here and there, in the distinct forms in which the camels had gasped their last ; the dry desert air had converted the hide into a coffin. There were no flies here, thus there were no worms to devour the carcases, but the usual sextons were the crows, although sometimes too few to perform their office.