Abyssinia

January 1927 The market of Addis Ababa itself was of enormous interest. The farmers arrived there early in the morning from all directions, bringing their grain for sale in shawls and bags and spreading it out on the marketplace. This kind of exhibition made it possible to survey within a short time what was cultivated [...]

January 1927 I was promised the papers within a short time and indeed after a few days they were delivered into my hands. … In this important document with the national emblem in the form of a lion, the Russian traveller was called a guest of Ethiopia and all local rulers were ordered to render [...]

January 1927 After completing the expedition around Harer I returned to Dire Dawa and went from there by train to Addis Ababa. The wonderful expedition around Harer was considered somewhat venturesome. It turned out that to travel around in the country it was necessary to have an official paper from the government, which could be [...]

January 1927 For the first time I saw some of the special endemic plants of Abyssinia, such as the peculiar grain called teff (Eragrostis abyssinica), a particular kind of small millet that produces a first-class flour used for flat-cakes in Abyssinia. This endemic Abyssinian grass was undoubtedly first taken into cultivation in this country. There [...]