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=== from Salt ===

==== [rectangle] 1207 ====

[sténo] gⱥbgⱥb is the name of a little 
village a feof of the church of S.t michael of Adwa
near hönzāt

==== loi 1208 ====

it is a <u>sure proof of guilt</u> if a man being taken runs
away leaving his garment behind. ?? (420)

==== inscription 1209 ====

Aeizanas king of the Axomites & homerites & rⱥeidans
& the Ethiopians & the sabeans & of zeyla & of tiame & the 
boja & the [tagine?] King of Kings etc.

[grec]

([grec] serait la montagne près Halay 
où le Roi rendait ses jugemens)

==== rhinoceros ====

the horns of the rhinoceros when quiet are depressed.

==== [rectangle] ====

vid. montfaucon for Cosmas Indicopleastes (416)

==== bestiaux 1212 ====

droves of Cattle are sent to Walkayt to exchange 
again cotton cloths.

==== maladies ====

tigre [ter?] a species of fever.

==== toscar 1213 ====

in the toscar an image is dressed out to represent the 
deceased & placed on his favorite mule, & carried in 
procession (422) an attendance at these meetings is a high 
compliment to the family.

==== Adwa 1214 ====

Adwa is partly on the hill, partly on the bottom 
which is very unusual in Abyssinia: there are 800 houses
at ten each = 8000 habitations.

==== coton etc 1215 ====

cotton is carried there from Massowa. 1000 slaves are 
exported annually often from towns on the coast whence
they are shipped privately. there is a small manufacture 
of carpets in sömen. the highly wrought chains come 
from the Galla.

==== inscription 1216 ====

1206
[éthiopien] cut in the stone of abba asfé 
[éthiopien] is raised above the surface
[éthiopien] cut in the stone

==== grañ 1217 ====

[sténo] abba afse - et que grañ burnt the 
large church.

==== dögse ====

dixan was formerly a fief under Axum. (438)

==== bizⱥn 1219 ====

E. of Bizen monastery is a pass where the tabot
was brought into the country by menilek.

==== [arabe] ====

the baharmegash & his son broke some bread at the 
tomb of a sheikh.

==== azimuths 1220 ====

from M.t assauli, Massawah N.E ras gǎdam N
75° E dixan (computed) S. - the opening from the 
mountains was not more than a mile & half south of 
harckickaw.

==== Adulis ====

Azoole was destroyed by a [<u>gorf?</u>].

==== inscription 1222 ====

D'après l'inscription d'Adulis, Ptolemée conquit
les nations suivantes :

Revision: 37v (#76)

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