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& 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.