United States or Mexico ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
This equipment was the equipment of a proved charioteer; the apprentices wore only grey capes with white fringes, fastened by loops of red cord. Laeg was one of three brothers, all famous charioteers. Id and Sheeling were the others. They were all three sons of the King of Gabra, whose bright dun arose upon a green and sloping hill over against Tara towards the rising of the sun.
"There are two beardless youths in the chariot," answered the watchman, "but I am unable to identify them on account of the dust and the rapid motion and the steam of the horses. I think the charioteer is Laeg, the son of the King of Gabra, for I know his manner of driving.
Second Rainy Season ends Scarcity and Dearness of Provisions Meshisha and Comfou plot their Escape They succeed Theodore is robbed Damash pursues the Fugitives The Night Attack The Galla War-cry and the "Sauve qui peut" The wounded left on the Field Hospitality of the Gallas Theodore's Letter on the Subject Mastiate's Troubles Wakshum Gabra Medhin Sketch of Gobaze's Career He invites the Co-operation of the Bishop in seizing Magdala The Bishop's Plan All the rival Chiefs intrigue for the Amba Mr.
Great fear fell upon the host when they heard that unusual noise and the reverberation of it in the woods and hills. "Let those horses be harnessed to the Chariot of Macha," cried Concobar, "and let Laeg, son of the King of Gabra, drive them hither, for those are the horses and that the chariot which shall be given this day to Cuculain."
But the author is artistically right in drawing our attention to them; for it is probable that, had these popular works not been written, our hero would never have been encouraged to proceed with his Magical Texts of Za-Walda-Hawaryat, Tasfa Maryam, Sebhat-Le'ab, Gabra Shelase Tezasu, Aheta-Mikael, which had such a startling effect on the lives of all the other characters, and led indirectly to the finding of the blood-stain on the bath-mat.
"Yea, the charioteer is the son of the King of Gabra, and it is Cuculain, the son of Sualtam, who sits in the fighter's seat. He has Concobar's own shield on his breast, and his two spears in his hand. Over Bray Ros, over Brainia, they are coming along the highway, by the foot of the Town of the Tree; it is gifted with victories."
Watshum Gobaze's career, had been full of adventure. As a young man he accompanied his father, Wakshum Gabra Medhin, the hereditary chief of Lasta, to the Imperial camp.
Word Of The Day