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 197
THE SACRED CITY OF THE ETHIOPIANS 171 when tbey saw it, the report spread far and wide, and every one came to our hut to inspect it. Fitaui-ari (General) Meshsasha was one of these soldiers on his way to the wars ; he was a vain man, and wished to have his photograph taken, and we were dehghted to… … GENEEAL MESHSASHA WITH HIS SPEAR AND SHIELD BEARERS quietly. He brought his shield-bearer and his lance- bearer and his horse, splendidly caparisoned, with him. He put on all his grand robes in which he goes to battle, and he wore his lion's mane around his forehead. When mounted on his horse, with…
