The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-16
GOT Big GAME IN ABYSSINIA.
FITZHJGH UHITEHOUSE BACK
FROM MENELIk'S COUNTRY.
Went for Pleasure This i1me-Shot Some
Rare Animals. One OF . New species
Entertained by the Emperor At .
Banquet when Raw Meat Was Served.

Entertained by the Emperor At .
Banquet when Raw Meat Was Served.
Fitzhugh Whitehouse returned 10 New
York yesterday on the Oceanic. after
a second visit Of nearly years duration
In Abyseinia. Mr.. Whitehouse's frst jour
ney in Menelik's land was made in the inter-
est Of the British Government for the pur-
pose OF completing some surveys there.
In 1900 and 1900
Menelik is a sagacious old gentleman
who keeps his eye on European Govern
ments of an aggrandizing reputat ion;
but he likes the United States, and the
friendship he formed for Mr. Whitehouse
on his first visit to Abyssinia stood the
American and his friends in good stead on
the visit just completed.
This second visit, which lasted from
January till September. was made purely
for pleasure by Mr.. Whitehouse, who WAS
accompanied by Lord Hindlip. who also
went for a pleasure jaunt OF few hundred
miles through Abyssinan wilds. on his way
home from South Africa, where he had
served with his regiment. the Eighth
Hussars
The travellers went from Djibutt. in
French Somaliland, by rail 70 Adagalla,
which on their arrival early last summer
was the terminus Of the railway. From
Adagalla they went by camel and caravan
with some forty-five natives, half of them
Somalis brought up from the coast, to
Ads Ababa. Menelik's capital, Menelk
furnishing an escort Of his own people.
In the early part of the journey Mr.
Whitehouse suffered considerably from
a recurrence of the African fever, which
had attacked him en- his former visit, but
he got over it soon. At the capital he and
Lord Hindlip had several audiences with
Menelik Conversation was through an
interpreter as the king speaks no language
but his own.
Menelik had a particular reason for re-
Numbering Mr.. Whitehouse, for he was the
first American the king had ever seen, and
Meuelik was very much surprised on the
first visit TO find that Americans spoke
English and not American.
Menelik gave a dinner in honor Of Mr.
Whitehouse and Lord Hindlp. inviting also
Col Harrington, the English resident. and
one or two other foreigners at the capital.
When the King of kings gives dinner at
Ads Ababa il Is a feast, and all his troops
are ordered out to give dignity and martial
glamour to the festivity
The King and his guests occupied tables
on a dais. while the 10000 troops filed into
the great dining hall something like sixty by
ninety metres They ate in relays. as many
as could get into the hall at once eating their
I'LL and then giving place 10 another de-
tachmeut.
There were really Two dinners. as the
Abys-inians eat their meat raw. II is
slaughtered out side the building, and then
whole sides are carried into the banquet
hall on mems shoulders. and passed abo
the room, eech Abyssinian cutting OF what
he likes a. the meat goes round. For
his white guests Menelik provided regular
European dinner Of several courses.
Men"lik afterward paid a great compil-
ment to Mr.. Whtehouse and his party,
permitting them TO go down the east side
Of the Chain of Lakes, through his royal
game preserve where no whit" man had
ever before been allowed 10 go, They went
through the salt lake country to Lake
S'epheni. around Lake Chamo and back
70 Adi4 Ahnb1 a Journey Of 500 or 600 miles,
and out ia Harar.
Tie country there is 'hainly desert, but
there is plenty OF big game. which was
about AL the travellers had to eat, The
party suffered good deal at times for want
Of water They got no elephants ms
time. but in addition 20 zebra they shot
the kooio. an animal with large spiral
hons and striped hide, the hart best.
reedbuck and the Onyx, large antelope
whose long. straight horns the natives ""
for spearhca DIS.
Mr. Whitohou~e hit an oryx In the shoulder
with bullet from a Colt revolver and the
bullet did not penctrat" N" SKIN 10
found il stuck In the -kin when he brought
the animal down little later with MANN
licher rife.
The party also secured five specimens ola
certain antelope that has not before been
shot These are now in London being
b. liroNt ion of the InnlpVl-
cal Society. which will endearor to classify
them They got two Abyssinan duiker.
which are very rare, and also shot the gem
renuk. waterbuck, lion, leopard and hyena.
There il one duiker now in the American
Museum of Natural History which Mr.,
Whitehouse gave to tho institution after
his former trip.
On the party's return to Ads Ababa.
Mpnelik was at his country place. Ads
Aim. But he sent runners to meet Mr.,
Whitehouse ard Lord Hindlip with an in
vitaton TO them TO come and visit him at
Aim, which they did.
Mr. Whitehouse said that Menelik was
worried over a turn In the AFFAIRS OF the
railroad, which by the time OF the party.s
return had been completed as far as Ads
Harar The terminus eventually Is 10 be
the capital, Adis Abaha.
Nenelik is broad minded. Mr., White
house said, and vas not opposed 10 the con-
struction of the railroad, for the building
OF winch he ilAi gIdlllt'i u CbH'tSSlOH W u
private French company But the com
pany was building very slowly and the
French Government took the enterprise
in charge, and Menelik had a shrewd sus-
picon that the Government = intention was
10 make it practically military road with
final object 81 using il TO lake his capital
away from him.
For this reason he had induced the Eng
lish to make protest to him against the
French construction Of the line. So far,
however. his opposition has not been active,
THAT j., he has not sent troops there,
said Mr. Whitchouso.
Mr. Whtehouse said that Menelik kept
himself posted as TO affairs Of the world
by having the newspapers translated TO
him He knew We did not want his country
30 he cared nothing for our politics, but
he was greatly interested in this country
Among the other papers he gets are some
of the illustrated papers Of London. lie
was rather surly last winter during part
Of the South African war,
Mr. Whitohousc will be in New York n
month or more, according TO his present
expectations. Tho Royal Geographical So
cietv Of Great Britain made Mr., Whitehouse
n fellow of the society for his work on his
former official visit to AbySsinia,
CarrOll-ROss.
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