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=== Bruce vol. II ===

==== galla 452 ====

tribes. the nobles only have right of suffrage, and are
[seated?] after 40 years of age, unless they have claim a
number of men which with their age makes 40. they
sit in council under the [wanzey?] tree. the number of
candidates for royalty is reduced to four & the suffrage
of six nations goes then no further. but the 7th whose
[turn?] A is [illisible] have a king out of their own tribe choose
from the 4 one who is crowned with [wanzey?] & given
a bludgeon of the wood of the same tree, called Buco. 
the king of the W. Galla is called Lubo, the other mooty.

==== id oath 645 ====

They have certain stones for an object of devotion & the 
wanzey, and certain stars they swear with grass & dung.

==== succession ====

the oldest son inherits all but gives the presents
(cattle) & increase there of made by the father to his other 
children. the younger brother is obliged to marry the 
widow of the elder, but has no right to his fortune.

==== g. tribes 647 ====

the S. Galla are Elma killelloo, E. gooderoo, 
E. robali, E. doolo, E. bodena, E. horreta & E. michaeli
the W. galla have the dhawi, edjow or ayzo & toluma 
etc.

==== coffee 648 ====

they eat balls of coffee rolled with butter. coffee
first came from Caffa. (226) the Galla language is the 
same through all the tribes.

==== fever 649 ====

A mortal fever reigns in Dembea from March to 
heder michael.

==== land ====

There is no gift of land known <u>in perpetum</u> in 
Abyssinia.

==== funge 651 ====

The funge were established in Atbara since
1504 by conquest ([vid?]. 299)

==== miné narea 652 ====

the distance from Miné to Narea is 50 leagues
due south with very little inclination to the west. 
narea stands like a fortified place in the middle of a plain. 
their inhabitants & still more those of Kaffa are 
whiter than Neapolitans. Narea has many small fertile
[illisible] valleys. Kaffa was converted to Christianity 
like narea in the time of Melec Segued.

==== snow 653 ====

snow has been seen on the moutains of Kaffa 
as also in that high ridge called dyre & tegla (313)

==== bali ====

bali once under Abyssinia is N.E. of Narea &
W. of Adel.

==== Paez ====

16th Jan 1621 church of Gorgora dedicated by P.Paez. 
his praise [vide?] p. 345.

==== lands 656 ====

all lands belong to the king: there are (!) no church 
lands (356)

==== Itchege 657 ====

the Itchegué is the superior of the monks of
debra Libanos order funded by Ab. T. Haimanot.

==== galla ====

647
the E. Galla are called bertuma, the S. toluma &  
the W. boren Galla

==== agaw ====

[illisible] agaw live at the head of the Takaze (370)

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