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397
Dahal or del means island in the language of Beja or Geez. masuah means harbour or water of the shepherds. (363)
chöre 398
The Abyssine annals say they pushed from Axum down to Atbara (378) there are immense fragments of the statue of the dog star at Axum. seir a dog gave its name to the province of sirè.
saba or Azabo means south (381)
shepherds 400
the shepherd people are called balous, bagla, belowee, berberi, barabra, zilla & habab. suah means shepherd (385
arkin 401
the country near the Takaze is now called Atbara. [derkin?] is the tract between the last & the mareb (386)
Axum
411 hyesos or agsos means armed shepherds. Axum comes from Ag & Suals the metropolis of the shepherds.
habab 403
habab is the language of that tribe & in Arabic means serpent whence the fable of the Abyssine history that a serpent conquered the province of Togray & reigned there (397)
Angaba Jews 404
the chronicle of Axum calls Angaba the entry & establish. of different nations in Abyssinia 1400 years B.C. they came from Palestine (399) expelled by the Israelites. [vule?] [Brocop.?] de bello vind. lib. 2 cap. 10
Agaw 405
Agoha (agow) means shepherd of the water (401) the nation gafat living on the S. bank of the nile near Damot.
galla 406
Galla in their own language means shepherd. (402) in 1537 they first appeared in Bali.
Jerem. XIII 23. XXXV 24 Ezech. XXX 5. (404)
Cushite means a black (409)
language 407
The first writing was the Geez, the second the saitic both derived from hierogliphics (411)
thebes
Thebes was built by a colony of Ethiop. from Siré
mokha 408
Mokha in Ethiopic means prison (442) the Abyssines name C. Guardafui cape defan or of burial.
[arabe] zickir
in the course up the gulf there are islands named Sebat Gzier, a cluster of islands is named Jibbel Zekir or M.t of prayers for the dead (444)
Athenée
consulter le festin de Ptolémée philad. dans Athénée lib. V. (458)
Axum 411
402 Axum capitale de chöre (463) où Ptolemee [evergite?] batit un temple.
agatharch.
in the reign of Ptolemy IX agatharchides drew his description of the Red Sea.
sheba 413
the Abyssines call the queen of Saba Maqueda. Josephus, origen, Augustine & St. Anselmo think she was an Ethiopian. (473
414
the Abyssines believe the XlVth psalm to be a prophecy of the coming of that queen.
nebrid 415
the nebrits or keepers of the church of Axum are of the lineage of Azarius (476)
armoiries 416
the king's device is a lion passant proper upon a field gules [illisible] the motto: mo anbasa am nizilet solomon [are?] negade Jude: i.e.