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=== Bruce vol III ===

& parchment. Lat 14° 6' 36'' there are the remains of
a large old causeway on the N.W. of Axum.

agam a sweet scented jasamin

==== alogen ? 899 ====

the high moutain of Daga shaha useful for
bearings.

==== takaze 900 ====

the takazé rises in Angot in a plain [champain?]
country 200 miles S. <s>W</s>E of gondⱥr at souami 
midre. it has 3 spring heads like the nile and near is the 
village of gourri which means cold. angot belongs 
to the Galla. the other branch of the Takaze rises in 
the frontiers of begemder near dabuco; no hence running 
between gouliou lasta & belessen it joins with the Angot
branch & becomes the boundary between Tögray & Amhara
The takazé is now called the Atbara. Takaze means
terrible (158) there are many tamarisks on the banks.

==== id ford 901 ====

the dooma gives excellent wild honey. the lat. of 
the ford of the Takaze is 13° 42'45''.

==== gundan ====

gundan black ants who eat every thing (168)

==== woggora ====

Woggora means the stony or rock province (191)

==== salamge ====

3000 houses in the moorish town at Gondar.

the acab saat or guardian of the fire is the 3d 
dignity in the state.

==== [arabe] 906 ====

masuah was taken in the reign of menas 
when the b. negush confederated with the Turks, & ceded
also from Dobarwa divided from Tögray by the 
mareb. the N part of the B. negash's province is
called the habab or land of the agaazi or 
shepherds. (250) they speak gⱥⱥz.

==== Jews 907 ====

Gideon & Judith still maintain in Sömen the 
sovereignty of the Jews.

==== bagemodr 908 ====

begemder 180 miles long & 60 broad comprehends 
lasta, which pays 1000 ounces of gold to the King.

==== wine 909 ====

dreeda & karoota N. of bagemder are the only 
territory that produces wine.

==== amhara 910 ====

amhara is between the rivers bashilo & geshen 120 
miles E & W and 40 miles broad. mountainous country full of 
nobility.

==== walaka 911 ====

walaka low unwholesome fertile province between 
the rivers geshen & samba : it is N. of Shoa, and was
abandoned to the Galla.

==== gojam 912 ====

Gojam from N.E. to S.E. is 80 miles long & 40 broad.

==== Damot 913 ====

Damot is S.E. of Gojam. it has the temei on the E
the Gulf on the W the Nile on the South & the high 
mountains of Amid Amid on the N. 40 miles from N. to 
S. & 20 from E. to W. but all this is in general terms called 
Gojam from the S. of the lake to Miné the ford to Narea.

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