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=== Bruce vol. IV ===

==== vaches 1124 ====

the cow dies emaciated with immense horns. I 
have seen two horns sold at Gondar for 4 oz gold = 
£10.

==== sömen 1125 ====

the language & customs of sömen are the same 
as those of Tögray. (190)

==== k'ömant 1126 ====

the Kemmont were once the same as the
falasha but baptized under facilidas. they return 
their ancient customs but eat meat killed by Christians. 
say that one baptism & one communion suffice ever
afterwards for salvation, wash themselves from
head to foot after coming from market or any
public place, rest one saturday & work on Sunday. 
their language is the same as that of the falasha 
with some small difference of idiom. they cannot 
bear fish saying they are descended from Jonah.

==== t'erkin 1127 ====

confu at Ttcherkin put an inscription on the 
horns of the buffalo killed by Bruce. market on 
Saturday lat. 13° 7' 30''

==== nègres ====

the Shangalla have long feet & large heels.

==== ebène ====

zopé means ebony.

==== gwange riv. 1130 ====

the guangué is the largest river after the 
Nile & takazze. it rises between tehelga & nara.

==== gandjar 1131 ====

the ganjar nation have for chief a sheba i.e. 
old man living at Cashuno called by the Abyssines
dendy kolla

==== cure for dyssentry 1132 ====

the wooginos or Brucea antidysenterium. 4 
étamines et petales : feuilles [concoctées?]. vient dans les 
kolla. pull the bark from the parsnip like root
pulverise it & one heaped tea spoon ful in milk
twice a day produce a violent drought: abstain 
from driking. the 6th or 7th day the dysentry 
went. it is a plain simple bitter. the leaves are
placed two & two, with a single one at the end of the
branch.

==== kosso 1133 ====

Kosso (banksia [Abissanica?]) 5 sepales & 5 petales
5 doubles étamines. feuilles [lanceolies?] & serratées. grappe de
fleurs. there are 14 or 16 rings of filaments like horse
hairs.

=== explicit. ===

==== or 1134 ====

au sennār le wakea d'or vaut 350 thalers. le Pacha recoit en 
contribution 6000 wakeas = 2100000 thalers. il y a environ 
20000 wakeas dans le commerce.

Revision: 35v (#72)

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