The New York herald., 1868-01-30

trec and bush was alive With them, and I wondered
teat thsyegeaion showed few signs OF their ruth
slope obliquey from either side right pah
IN front the traveller and round these, after
than half mile, lie to wind, always hoping, but IN
vain, that the next may prove the last. myself
counted one and twenty, ana then rave up az bad JOB
Sixteen miles or this sort OF work. under burning sun,
without the sense o. advancing which would
give and with the almost certainty that your wi
be down on his knees at every step Ii tresome in the
exiremo moreover, the hiiis deprived us OF every
beath Of air and shut out all chances OF view Nos
mountains, and nothing but mountan however rngg cd
and grand or however richly wooded, will pail upon
the taste OF even tho most ardent mtator Of "Dr Syn
tax and ts was 80 gla.ng an instance OF toaiours
was reached with much thankfuIness.
Named, suppose, on tho lacus nm principle (-or
most decidedly Il Is not plain aud not single guinea
fowl fieluens tue place Gunea.fow Pain narrow,
ia, gully about three hundred yards length situated
above In the vicinity scanty we'll OF muddy water
unnt lot human consumption, but which anlmals may
drink with impunty Ii has therefore been nxed upon
as The only possible break The long journey from Up
per Sooro TO Rayray Guddy.
Owing to the abundant supply OF water ut hand q
large depot OF mules and ponies has been established
here, ana such heterogeneous collection OF men and
tongues as 10 TO be found IN the corps OF mule drv<rs
Of Babel. English French, Germans Italians Portu.
guese, Creans, Abanians Greeks, Egyptians NuDans,
ndoos, psrsans. Afghans, Arabs and soolnalies al!
have their representatives, and II Is difficult TO say
which nation furnishes the largest quota OF ruiaIs;
bat more hangdog looking set. more idle ana
Fogglng the only remedy tor their nsubordnation
at present, but very much II long Will
be deemed dSisabe to bring the halter into requison
for tho sake Of example. II Is Indispensable TO sleep
with loaded revolver beneath ones pillow, for, far
more likely TO inJurc by deeds Of violence than
nominal enemies the Abyssnians. Camp followers
rascais by pescrip.se righ, bl. the specimens met
with here really "out-Herod Herod."
Another damp and still coieer night ensued but an
ae, not recherche, meal before retiring to arest
caused things in general 10 far
bad circulated Ibeeye any ono Of could have sung
Dis,aiinas lay, my lodging Is on the cold ground"
with comparative cheerulDess.
Tho following day the aspect Of the r5nteswas entirely
changed; the path was sill narrow and shut IN, bat
ladders Of previous days. and instead OF rocks overhead
were arcades Of luxurant foliage entirely screening
from ans n scofesnE ,s sun a., Soas o. as Trees %srs re-
green and brown, form such an impcnetrsb.o jungle
that every step Of tho way had be cleared with
hatcher, spade aud axe AT nsersas the green curtain
which enshrouds the snake-ke track 1t up with gor
gsous scare. flowers, and from bough 20 bough hop
numerous rds clothed Mei h stople can pums,s
OF black and red Troops OF monkeys and Daboons tis
i1ter sometimes as big bears, march in stately
column down the road, now scamper up tho rocks and
trees barking aud chatter!ng, with their young ones
hosted picka back for greater security since doubtless
half dozen white faces and as many guna revoysrs
cause them no liitio surprise. Tney arc so tame aaa
human appearance that have not had tue heart TO
shoot Them. but II tho cold conlinas fine feelings
will be compelled to yield 10 carnai d,sire for warm
monkey skin rug.
We now began TO view Abyssiuia in more favorabIs
Light, and as we had been marching at good pace for
nearly three Dours, aud the distance TO Senate said
TO DO only nine miles, concluded that had pretty
nearly 'got home, but not distances and surveying
oficers, one both, deceptive. All a. once the
path narrowed TO about two feet and then began to
ascend With an abruptnes5 which s not surpassed If
earaled, by any Alpine pass tho nearest approach to
il hay seen 10 the MayenNand adjoining tho Grinse
but even that Is comparatively casy and ehouid like
to ask any one Of the numerous who have been
there how they would set about marching army up
II. As wo tciled along With difficulty in single ile We
found thai long string Of about nfty commssar.st
mules, heavily laden occupied tho path ahead, and
eaacluay impsded all progress up down. for 1t was
too narrow 70 permit any two animals 10 pass ono
Afsr waiting With moro or ess patience Cor haIf an
hour though. would get and ascertain whose
mus stopped tho way. This easier sald than done.
andhaving scrambled nearly TIVE hundred yards OF
almost perpendicular rock hands and knees, cipgng
bushes and bramblss. and from lima TO tune resting
fiat stomach, struggled 10 the front aud What
tnink you saws nnle yng on his side right
the path helpless aud unable rso while four attend
ant epoys looked on rscin ng with tho apethstc non
chaiant air which only Hlndoo can assume. aud which
is 40 tnoroaghy aggrava.!ng 10 European, especially
when an Enzlishman. When recovered saIacienl
broArh Ia launch out enectuaHy my language was do
cidedy moro forcble than polite and, as am master OF
a fsw hnduHani ephets, the reverse Of compliIaan-
sary, succeeded IN rousnS them 70 action or what
passes FOR action in Oriental estimation but had TO
unload and uusadde the animal myself, whilst these
four precious follows undertook the arduous tnsg OF
holding his head. Ia ten minutes the mule was on its
legs and the whole Lan In motion; but had no ons
In an honr the summit was attained and the Abys.
snian highlands lay before us. From my description OF
thu pass, IN which have nothing exte0uats nor sot
down aught ia mAlcc you will perceive that Il Is one Of
rdinarY dificaiiy for army TO surmoun. am
sorry that The leaders OF tho exploring party should
have thought G TO Wow all tho dcalties through d.
minIshing and all Tho resources Of food aud water
through msgnfying glasses: can hardly bo advisable
that sr r Napier. on his arrival should be 80 thorough
y mislsd AZ he must inevitably be- unless they very
considerably modify a!their hitherto published reports
tbs condition, extent and conformation OF the eighty
hundred mios which lie between Ssuaa aud our
point OF debarkat
This modification of difficulties doubtless we'll in
tontioncd 70 prevent needless but
all know what ior.ns tho pavement Of certain pacs,
and dGic alty once fairy attacked s more than half
conquered; the longer looks at fencs the bigger
it grows therefore say, with all due deferense. think
the reports should have contained little moro OF that
adecsncy formed "lhs naked trf.h'