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Bruce vol. IV[modifier]

vaches 1124[modifier]

the cow dies emaciated with immense horns. I have seen two horns sold at Gondar for 4 oz gold = £10.


sömen 1125[modifier]

the language & customs of sömen are the same as those of Tögray. (190)


k'ömant 1126[modifier]

the Kemmont were once the same as the falasha but baptized under facilidas. they return their ancient customs but eat meat killed by Christians. say that one baptism & one communion suffice ever afterwards for salvation, wash themselves from head to foot after coming from market or any public place, rest one saturday & work on Sunday. their language is the same as that of the falasha with some small difference of idiom. they cannot bear fish saying they are descended from Jonah.


t'erkin 1127[modifier]

confu at Ttcherkin put an inscription on the horns of the buffalo killed by Bruce. market on Saturday lat. 13° 7' 30


nègres[modifier]

the Shangalla have long feet & large heels.


ebène[modifier]

zopé means ebony.


gwange riv. 1130[modifier]

the guangué is the largest river after the Nile & takazze. it rises between tehelga & nara.


gandjar 1131[modifier]

the ganjar nation have for chief a sheba i.e. old man living at Cashuno called by the Abyssines dendy kolla


cure for dyssentry 1132[modifier]

the wooginos or Brucea antidysenterium. 4 étamines et petales : feuilles [concoctées?]. vient dans les kolla. pull the bark from the parsnip like root pulverise it & one heaped tea spoon ful in milk twice a day produce a violent drought: abstain from driking. the 6th or 7th day the dysentry went. it is a plain simple bitter. the leaves are placed two & two, with a single one at the end of the branch.


kosso 1133[modifier]

Kosso (banksia [Abissanica?]) 5 sepales & 5 petales 5 doubles étamines. feuilles [lanceolies?] & serratées. grappe de fleurs. there are 14 or 16 rings of filaments like horse hairs.


explicit.[modifier]

or 1134[modifier]

au sennār le wakea d'or vaut 350 thalers. le Pacha recoit en contribution 6000 wakeas = 2100000 thalers. il y a environ 20000 wakeas dans le commerce.