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Bruce vol II.[modifier]

M.t Lasta In Waaq is inacessible almost.


Agaw 660[modifier]

the Agow idol is a kind of Bamboo called krihaha


narea 661[modifier]

the caravan from Narea crossed the Galla Gafats & Gongas.


Lasta 662[modifier]

in march 1638 a great deal of facilidas's army perished of cold in Lasta.


A. Mendez 663[modifier]

(419) B. says that A. Mendez's letter from masuah was written from Goa


664[modifier]

Hannes I deposed Abuna christadados & put AB. Samuda in his place (424)


E*t*ege 665[modifier]

Yasous I deposed the Itchegué tzaga Christos in a council of the clergy & named lyriacus in his room. 27th Sept.r 1680 (426)


Dek 666[modifier]

from Dek to Ibaba, two easy days.


Agaw 667[modifier]

the Agow country is open & full of rich plains


[arabe] 668[modifier]

670

the Zeegam are the most powerful rich & trading of the Shank'alla.


Damot, open level country


670[modifier]

The zeegam are on the N.E. of Abyssinia


dobarwa[modifier]

the mareb encircles Dobⱥrwa.


taka 671[modifier]

The taka near Amba Tchou are shepherds not Arabs but formerly part of the bagla or habab; they speak the language of Tögray & are reputed subjects of Sennār.


barabra means land of shepherds.


Jesuits 673[modifier]

the Jesuits were banished about the year 1632 & finally extirpated in 1666.


gondar 674[modifier]

Gondar was built at the close of the reign of Hannes I in 1680.


675[modifier]

no Arabic book ever gave a description of Abyssinia.


funge[modifier]

641

sedgid & kins were the places where came those blacks who conquered senār from the Arabs (520)


sennār 677[modifier]

sennār was not tributary to Abyssinia or that stripe of land of the shangalla would have been conquered.


[arabe][modifier]

The greeks & Latins made Azⱥmia from Bar el ajam (528)


679[modifier]

The clans Elmana & Densa in Gojam (530) [idi?] neighbour. country (531)


bracelets 680[modifier]

any man who receives from the king enough ivory bracelets to cover his arm down to his wrist, appears before the 12 judges on a certain day & the king's cook breaks the rings with a cleaver & the judges give him a certificate which entitles him to a territory producing at least 20 ounces of gold. 1 galla or negroe [entitles?] to 2 rings, an elephant 2, rhinoceros 2 giraffe, 2; buffalo, 2; lion; 2; leopard, 1. two boars, 1; 4 deer, 1