The sacred city of the Ethiopians, being a record of travel and research in Abyssinia in 1893 (1896)
Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897, Müller, David Heinrich, 1846-1912, Garson, J. G. (John George) · London ; New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 149
125 STAY AT ADOUA So the silversmith has a monopoly of the female vanities,^ which are as rampant in Abyssinia as else- where. At Adoua we acquired a fine neck-gear for a mule, decorated with little bosses of silver and the pendant bells. This belonged to a person of dis- … BEASS HAIR-COMB strewn with fragrant herbs, which sent up a delicious odour when trodden upon. He intro- duced me to his wife, and gave me tedge and liqueurs, for I was rather helpless, not knowing enough Abys- sinian to refuse politely. He showed me his books and his wife's silver ornaments, and…
