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=== Bruce vol III ===

==== chalaka 876 ====

the Shalaka is a red short cloak lined & turned up
with mazarine blue & is the badge of the king's servant (30)

==== [arabe] ====

masuah is in lat. 15° 35' 5'' long. 39° 36' 30'' variation 
of the needle 12° 48' in September 1769.

==== skin 878 ====

All the nations in Africa are wonderfully affected 
if any thing oils their skin. but scan & wounds are no 
blemish (37)

==== maladie 879 ====

the hanzeer (hogs) is a savelling of the glands of 
the throat which runs when opened.

==== nourriture 880 ====

rice & pillaw are the but food: fowls are bad, 
eggs worse & greens not wholesome.

==== musique 881 ====

in Azab, the myrrh country the songs are
rather musical (51)

==== [arabe] ====

in Masuah they burn myrrh & incense in their
houses before opening there in the morning.

==== monnaie 883 ====

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.

==== mesures 884 ====

the cuba, wooden measure. = 62 cubic inches if 
rain water. the drachm is called caffla ; their are 10 
cafflas in the wakea.

==== elephans 885 ====

between hamhamo & shillokee we saw the 
dang of elephants.

==== hadas 886 ====

samhar inhabited by the shiho from hamhamo 
10 Taranta is called hadassa.

arze, virginia or berry bearing cedar.

==== moutons ====

I never saw any white sheep in Tögray (82)

==== 889 pour dögsa ====

Isaie iij 22 for the louse - head - pin.

==== 890 ====

michael farmed Dixan to the Naybe (86) it is 
in 14° 57' 55 & 40° 7' 30''

Bruce's black horse cost £12.

==== oiseaux ====

birds breed twice a year

==== livre 893 ====

Christians & falasha admit that it is lawful to 
<s>kill</s> eat what is killed by a lion

==== peages ====

duties are called awides i.e. gifts.

==== blé 895 ====

in Tögray a good harvest produces 9 to 1. for peas
3. the landlord gives the sed and receives 1/2 the produce.

==== teinture 896 ====

the plant called suf gives their only color 
for dyeing i.e. yellow.

==== obelisk ====

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.

==== Axum 898 ====

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

Revision: 30v (#62)

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