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Bruce vol III
chalaka 876
the Shalaka is a red short cloak lined & turned up with mazarine blue & is the badge of the king's servant (30)
[arabe]
masuah is in lat. 15° 35' 5 long. 39° 36' 30 variation of the needle 12° 48' in September 1769.
skin 878
All the nations in Africa are wonderfully affected if any thing oils their skin. but scan & wounds are no blemish (37)
maladie 879
the hanzeer (hogs) is a savelling of the glands of the throat which runs when opened.
nourriture 880
rice & pillaw are the but food: fowls are bad, eggs worse & greens not wholesome.
musique 881
in Azab, the myrrh country the songs are rather musical (51)
[arabe]
in Masuah they burn myrrh & incense in their houses before opening there in the morning.
monnaie 883
the contaria or glass beads are there called borjooke. real = 28 harf ; 1 harf = 4 diwani ; 10 kibar = 1 diwan ; 1 kibeer = 3 borjooke (53) much is gained on old copper.
mesures 884
the cuba, wooden measure. = 62 cubic inches if rain water. the drachm is called caffla ; their are 10 cafflas in the wakea.
elephans 885
between hamhamo & shillokee we saw the dang of elephants.
hadas 886
samhar inhabited by the shiho from hamhamo 10 Taranta is called hadassa.
arze, virginia or berry bearing cedar.
moutons
I never saw any white sheep in Tögray (82)
889 pour dögsa
Isaie iij 22 for the louse - head - pin.
890
michael farmed Dixan to the Naybe (86) it is in 14° 57' 55 & 40° 7' 30
Bruce's black horse cost £12.
oiseaux
birds breed twice a year
livre 893
Christians & falasha admit that it is lawful to
kill eat what is killed by a lion
peages
duties are called awides i.e. gifts.
blé 895
in Tögray a good harvest produces 9 to 1. for peas 3. the landlord gives the sed and receives 1/2 the produce.
teinture 896
the plant called suf gives their only color for dyeing i.e. yellow.
obelisk
the obelisk drawn by Bruce his [pillars?] perpendicular to the Axis, and a door with our Egyptian bolt. B. saw at Axum 133 pedestals of statues.
Axum 898
Axum is watered by a small stream which always flows from a fountain in the narrow valley where stand the rows of obelisks: it is received in a superb hasou 150 feet square. there are 600 houses, & manufacturers of cotton cloths