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+ | ==== chalaka 876 ==== | ||
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+ | the Shalaka is a red short cloak lined & turned up | ||
+ | with mazarine blue & is the badge of the king's servant (30) | ||
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+ | ==== [arabe] ==== | ||
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+ | masuah is in lat. 15° 35' 5'' long. 39° 36' 30'' variation | ||
+ | of the needle 12° 48' in September 1769. | ||
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− | === Bruce | + | ==== skin 878 ==== |
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+ | All the nations in Africa are wonderfully affected | ||
+ | if any thing oils their skin. but scan & wounds are no | ||
+ | blemish (37) | ||
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+ | ==== maladie 879 ==== | ||
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+ | the hanzeer (hogs) is a savelling of the glands of | ||
+ | the throat which runs when opened. | ||
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+ | ==== nourriture 880 ==== | ||
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+ | rice & pillaw are the but food: fowls are bad, | ||
+ | eggs worse & greens not wholesome. | ||
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+ | ==== musique 881 ==== | ||
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+ | in Azab, the myrrh country the songs are | ||
+ | rather musical (51) | ||
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+ | ==== [arabe] ==== | ||
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+ | in Masuah they burn myrrh & incense in their | ||
+ | houses before opening there in the morning. | ||
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+ | ==== monnaie 883 ==== | ||
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+ | the contaria or glass beads are there called borjooke. | ||
+ | real = 28 harf ; 1 harf = 4 diwani ; 10 kibar = 1 diwan ; | ||
+ | 1 kibeer = 3 borjooke (53) much is gained on old | ||
+ | copper. | ||
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+ | ==== mesures 884 ==== | ||
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+ | the cuba, wooden measure. = 62 cubic inches if | ||
+ | rain water. the drachm is called caffla ; their are 10 | ||
+ | cafflas in the wakea. | ||
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+ | ==== elephans 885 ==== | ||
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+ | between hamhamo & shillokee we saw the | ||
+ | dang of elephants. | ||
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+ | ==== hadas 886 ==== | ||
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+ | samhar inhabited by the shiho from hamhamo | ||
+ | 10 Taranta is called hadassa. | ||
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+ | arze, virginia or berry bearing cedar. | ||
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+ | ==== moutons ==== | ||
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+ | I never saw any white sheep in Tögray (82) | ||
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+ | ==== 889 pour dögsa ==== | ||
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+ | Isaie iij 22 for the louse - head - pin. | ||
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+ | ==== 890 ==== | ||
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+ | michael farmed Dixan to the Naybe (86) it is | ||
+ | in 14° 57' 55 & 40° 7' 30'' | ||
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+ | Bruce's black horse cost £12. | ||
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+ | ==== oiseaux ==== | ||
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+ | birds breed twice a year | ||
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+ | ==== livre 893 ==== | ||
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+ | Christians & falasha admit that it is lawful to | ||
+ | <s>kill</s> eat what is killed by a lion | ||
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+ | ==== peages ==== | ||
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+ | duties are called awides i.e. gifts. | ||
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+ | ==== blé 895 ==== | ||
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+ | in Tögray a good harvest produces 9 to 1. for peas | ||
+ | 3. the landlord gives the sed and receives 1/2 the produce. | ||
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+ | ==== teinture 896 ==== | ||
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+ | the plant called suf gives their only color | ||
+ | for dyeing i.e. yellow. | ||
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+ | ==== obelisk ==== | ||
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+ | the obelisk drawn by Bruce his [pillars?] | ||
+ | perpendicular to the Axis, and a door with our Egyptian | ||
+ | bolt. B. saw at Axum 133 pedestals of statues. | ||
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+ | ==== Axum 898 ==== | ||
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+ | Axum is watered by a small stream which | ||
+ | always flows from a fountain in the narrow valley where | ||
+ | stand the rows of obelisks: it is received in a superb hasou 150 feet | ||
+ | square. there are 600 houses, & manufacturers of cotton cloths |