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=== Bruce vol III ===

more than 10 miles. its greatest length is from bab
baha to a little S.W. & W of that part near Dara
= 49 miles. [it is?] much larger in the rains. there are 45 
inhabited islands but I believe there are only 11.

==== 942 ====

Dek is in the middle ; halimoon nearer gondar : 
briguida nearer gorgora

<u>maguzet</u> a dry nurse for a young prince (398

==== sang 944 ====

<u>dimmenia</u> guilty of blood.

==== galla 945 ====

the Galla took the 2 forefingers of my right 
hand & layung on them the 2 of their right hand
kissed them. this is the oeaths of the christian 
Galla.

==== coutume 946 ====

in the presence of a superior one asks leave to 
mount horseback before him. (531)

==== 947 ====

Denitch Jerusalem artichoke

==== chevaux 948 ====

all great men prefer horses of one color
only i.e. without a spot which would make them
be recognised in a retreat.

==== singes 949 ====

near Geesh several large monkeys walking 
upright & without [nails?] seen by strates in the mouds (590)

==== paez 950 ====

Paez has left a history of his times in 2 
thick volumes close octavo to be found in the libraries 
of the Jesuits.

==== sacala ====

sacala veut dire partage des eaux (620)

==== dyre & tegla 952 ====

close to the Gongas are very high mountains : the 
S. side of this is inhabited by tribes of Gongas & others but 
on the N.E. nearest Abyssinia are the guba perfect
blacks. there is a gap 280 feet deep & cacataract in the 
mountains which run far west into the continent of 
Africa where this high ridge is called dyre & tegla. 
they are called

==== chemdi 953 ====

Chemdi is the ancient metropolis of [Camdaca?]
called in the Ethiopian annals Hendaqué (648)

==== abay 954 ====

Among the Agows the nile is named Gzeir Geesa, 
seir & abba or ab, father.

==== id 955 ====

abaÿ means the river which suddenly swells. 
the Gongas on the S. of dyre & tegla call it Dahli (653)
the Guba, Meba & shangalla call it kowass, i.e. a 
watch dog.

==== nile 956 ====

the bahr el abiad rises in 5°. Lat.

==== mareb 957 ====

the mareb, bowicha, tacazze & Nile are the 4 
principal rivers of Abyssinia.

==== pluies 958 ====

gerri is a small village the limit of the 
tropical rains (666)

==== kaffa ====

... those immense marshes spread over the 
country about narca & Caffa where there is little level
& where the water accumulates & is stagnant before it

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