This is a welcome reissue of a book by another plucky woman traveller. Murphy set out in 1966 with her pack-mule, Jock, on a hazardous trek through Ethiopia's remote and hostile regions. She encountered rough terrain, exhaustion, illness and the disorder of the Ethiopians' domestic affairs -- all of which she conquered with endurance and good humour.
Despite being robbed three times, a close and warm understanding grew between her and the highlanders, and on reaching Addis Ababa she concluded that her encounters with Ethiopia's peoples was the richest reward of her journey.
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