גדי, the young of the goat. Among the Hebrews the kid was reckoned
a great delicacy; and appears to have been served for food in preference
to the lamb. (See _Goat_.) It continues to be a choice dish in the
neighbouring countries. “After drinking,” says Salt, “_café à la
Sultane_, as it is termed by French writers, hookahs were offered to us;
and soon afterward, to my great surprise, dinner was announced. We
accordingly retired with the dola of Aden to another apartment, where a
kid, broiled and cut into small pieces, with a quantity of pillaued
rice, was served up to us, agreeably to the fashion of the country. No
people in the world is more straitened than the Abyssinians with respect
to the necessaries of life: a little juwarry bread, a small quantity of
fish, an adequate supply of goat’s and camel’s milk, and a kid on very
particular occasions, constitute the whole of their subsistence. As soon
as we arrived at the village of Howakil, a very neat hut was prepared
for me; and as the evening was far advanced, I consented to stay for the
night. Nothing could exceed the kindness of these good people; a kid was
killed, and a quantity of fresh milk was brought and presented in straw
baskets made of the leaves of the doom tree, seared over with wax, a
manufacture in which the natives of these islands particularly excel.”
The village of Engedi, situate in the neighbourhood of Jericho, derives
its name from the Hebrew word עין, _a fountain_, and גדי, _a kid_. It is
suggested by the situation among lofty rocks, which, overhanging the
valleys, are very precipitous. A fountain of pure water rises near the
summit, which the inhabitants called Engedi, “the fountain of the goat,”
because it is hardly accessible to any other creature.
a great delicacy; and appears to have been served for food in preference
to the lamb. (See _Goat_.) It continues to be a choice dish in the
neighbouring countries. “After drinking,” says Salt, “_café à la
Sultane_, as it is termed by French writers, hookahs were offered to us;
and soon afterward, to my great surprise, dinner was announced. We
accordingly retired with the dola of Aden to another apartment, where a
kid, broiled and cut into small pieces, with a quantity of pillaued
rice, was served up to us, agreeably to the fashion of the country. No
people in the world is more straitened than the Abyssinians with respect
to the necessaries of life: a little juwarry bread, a small quantity of
fish, an adequate supply of goat’s and camel’s milk, and a kid on very
particular occasions, constitute the whole of their subsistence. As soon
as we arrived at the village of Howakil, a very neat hut was prepared
for me; and as the evening was far advanced, I consented to stay for the
night. Nothing could exceed the kindness of these good people; a kid was
killed, and a quantity of fresh milk was brought and presented in straw
baskets made of the leaves of the doom tree, seared over with wax, a
manufacture in which the natives of these islands particularly excel.”
The village of Engedi, situate in the neighbourhood of Jericho, derives
its name from the Hebrew word עין, _a fountain_, and גדי, _a kid_. It is
suggested by the situation among lofty rocks, which, overhanging the
valleys, are very precipitous. A fountain of pure water rises near the
summit, which the inhabitants called Engedi, “the fountain of the goat,”
because it is hardly accessible to any other creature.