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ouvrag. sur l'Abyss.
more e curiose lettere del Ethiopia & [xunalmente?] al Rev. P.N. Viteleschi Xte da dembea 1617 dal pietro Paez e altera da Goa 1620 per Mich. della pace - firenze 1622
= id 1382
litt. Aethiop. p.p. Soc. Jesu de profs. fide apud Abissinos ab inente Julio 1623 ad exitum Apulis 1624 - Gandavi 1626. - very interesting.
id 1383
hist. de l'Eth. ès années 1624, 25 & 26. [sténo] p. Alphonze patriarche de l'Ethiopie (Paris 1629) & Gaspard paez dated July 1629.
id 1384
hist. de l'Ethiopie en l'année 1626 jusqu'en 1629. [sténo] de Gorgora & emman. d'almeida, Paris 1629 (483)
Tigre 1385
Tigré is bounded on the N. by the mareb ; E [agame?] ; W, shiré ; S. riv. Warré which rises E. of haramat. it contains the minor districts of Adet, adwa, gundufta, kella, d. damo, haramat (famous for its cooks), amba sanet, tsai, tsama, & ab. garima.
Agame 1386
Agamé is bounded : E M.ns Serrafé. Taranta etc. Chief town genata : the smaller goulta are Seraxo, Shihah, calant, adegrāt, gullimuckida, gunde gunde & Ayro.
Enderta 1387
Enderta S. of Agamé has : derra, asme, womburta, désa, muntille, & monos. also moculla, dirbah, gambela, gibba upper & lower, wazza, saharti, & giralta. Antalo is cap. of enderta.
lasta
the portuguese call Lasta bugné. why ?
Agaw 1389
the low districts of waag & gualin are inhab. by Christian Agows, who build always without mortar (490)
Somen
the range of the Samen mountains extends N. & S. 80 miles.
b. negach 1391
the bahar negash dominions have : hamazen, kōte, seah, kūde falasha, egella, serawé, maisella, dixan, halai, tsama, logo, rivai mennai, gehasé & zewan būr, all districts.
chawa 1392
the province of Shoa lies on a lower level than Efat. the most remarkable districts are walaka & gidm.
commerce de [arabe?] 1393
massowa gives from 20000 to 30000 thal. which gives the value of goods = 250000 th tin = 7-5 th. per mocha frasil ; copper 9.5 ; pepper 2.5 ; cotton from 2.5 to 3. broad cloth 3 th. per yard cloth of 2 colors on diff. sides, good ; brass foil or silver leaf 2.5 th. per ounce ; wrought silk 1.5 per frasil ; besides low priced velvets, warse muslims & cheap looking glasses, good.
animaux 1394
two species of dogs : the paria dog & the hunting dog. elephant (zohon, armaz) ; giraffa (jeratta ketahin) the hair is good for hunting flies. the rhinoceros is two horned, & killed young. however Pearce got a horn two feet long. the buffalo (gōsh) is good for shields. the zebra (zecora)'s mane is used as a collar for war horses. the wild ass (ebenda hiyah, erge gudam)