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made satisfactory recovery. In November
1909 he had paralytic stroke which. depr1v1ng
him of all speech and almost OF motion, entrely
incapacitated him from all work Since then'
notably In 1870 he has on more than one occa-
sion been reported dead and although these ru'
mors have been at once denied the fact remains
that for the last two or three years ne has been
a mere fgureaead, the government OF the coun'
try having been carried out by a council OF min
listers under the presidency of Lii Yasu. the heir
apparent, and during this period it Is doubtful
whether he has been seen by any one put a 1e"
select court officials.
Lii Yasu, the heirapparent is the son of Meme
lik's DAUGHTER Schoagasch, and Ras Michael. and
was born in 1897.
Voyagers whose ways take them "somewheres
east of Suez' may know something Of DJiboutl'
but to the average person Djiboutl Is practlcally
unknown Suffice 1t to say that, although sit
uated in the French sonaliland protectorate. 1t
Is practically the only port that serves the coun-
try of Abyssinia.
From Djbouti a single track (netregauge)
railway runs to Dire-Dawa, some 1876 miles In
land The trains run twice a week and the jour-
ney frequently takes II hours to accomplish.
passing through some OF the most desolate desert
country imaginable.
Dire-Dawa has grown up around the railway
terminus and as 1t is some 5000 feet above the
sea level is much cooler than Djibouti The place
is not very large, but the wide streets and white
washed buildings give the place an air of space
and cleanliness. There is large Arab and
Somal settlement adjoining Here comes
under Abyssinian officiadom and ones baggage
has to pass the Abyssinian customs usually not
a very trying ordeal
At Dire Dawa travellers to Ads Ababa have to
arrange their own caravans for the journey.
Both mules and camels available, but usually
mules are TAKEN as they cover the journey In
much quicker time than camels, which are usual
y only employed for heavy baggage and mer'
chandise. One has choice of three routes from
Dire.Dawa to the capitalize Cher-cher route.
by which travels along the Cher-cher, noun
tain range through fine forest and amongst beau
tiful pinetopped hills This route is rather long
err than the others, but is by far the most COM
Portable as 1t is cooler, and one may purchase
fresh provsions-milk, EGGS and sheep-from
the small Abyssinian villages that one passes
en- route. Camels unable to take this track,
owing to the many steep ascents and descents,
which can only be managed by mule or donkey.
The second trail is via the Asabot, passing
along the foot of the Cher-cher range and Joining
the former route near the Hawash river. This
route passes through the flat Danakil country
through great forests of mimosa trees and occar
sionaf open plains, where one meets from time
to time enormous herds of cattle and camela
guarded by flercelooking Danaki1 shepherds
armed with spears and curved knives. No pro
visions can be purchased this route, but II
is fairly good going except during the very dry
season before the rains begin, when water Is
apt to be scarce.
The third route. the Bilan. runs farther north
in the Danakil country, and though fiat Is very
trying on account of the great heat and Ions
marches that have to be made from watering
place to watering place.
From Tchoba 1t Is two days. journey to Con
dabourka at the foot Of the Balchi pass. Here
the track rises nearly 900 feet, sheer ascent
and the steepest climb on the Journey The patti
is simply cut along the mountain side and a
times one Is about six inches from drop 81 20(
feet. From Balchi the road is very uninteresting
passing through long rolling plains of cultivated
land, and about two days brings one in sight o
the capital.
The view of the city as one approaches is YER.
fine. large circle of hills surrounds it. AM
on small elevation running out into the certs
of the circle Is built the "guebi," or emperor
palace. There are hardly any buildings OF impo,
lance. and the guebi itself is but a miscellaneou
collection Of semi.European and native building,