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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. WE 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.