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Bruce vol III[modifier]

more than 10 miles. its greatest length is from bab baha to a little S.W. & W of that part near Dara = 49 miles. [it is?] much larger in the rains. there are 45 inhabited islands but I believe there are only 11.


942[modifier]

Dek is in the middle ; halimoon nearer gondar : briguida nearer gorgora


maguzet a dry nurse for a young prince (398


sang 944[modifier]

dimmenia guilty of blood.


galla 945[modifier]

the Galla took the 2 forefingers of my right hand & layung on them the 2 of their right hand kissed them. this is the oeaths of the christian Galla.


coutume 946[modifier]

in the presence of a superior one asks leave to mount horseback before him. (531)


947[modifier]

Denitch Jerusalem artichoke


chevaux 948[modifier]

all great men prefer horses of one color only i.e. without a spot which would make them be recognised in a retreat.


singes 949[modifier]

near Geesh several large monkeys walking upright & without [nails?] seen by strates in the mouds (590)


paez 950[modifier]

Paez has left a history of his times in 2 thick volumes close octavo to be found in the libraries of the Jesuits.


sacala[modifier]

sacala veut dire partage des eaux (620)


dyre & tegla 952[modifier]

close to the Gongas are very high mountains : the S. side of this is inhabited by tribes of Gongas & others but on the N.E. nearest Abyssinia are the guba perfect blacks. there is a gap 280 feet deep & cacataract in the mountains which run far west into the continent of Africa where this high ridge is called dyre & tegla. they are called


chemdi 953[modifier]

Chemdi is the ancient metropolis of [Camdaca?] called in the Ethiopian annals Hendaqué (648)


abay 954[modifier]

Among the Agows the nile is named Gzeir Geesa, seir & abba or ab, father.


id 955[modifier]

abaÿ means the river which suddenly swells. the Gongas on the S. of dyre & tegla call it Dahli (653) the Guba, Meba & shangalla call it kowass, i.e. a watch dog.


nile 956[modifier]

the bahr el abiad rises in 5°. Lat.


mareb 957[modifier]

the mareb, bowicha, tacazze & Nile are the 4 principal rivers of Abyssinia.


pluies 958[modifier]

gerri is a small village the limit of the tropical rains (666)


kaffa[modifier]

... those immense marshes spread over the country about narca & Caffa where there is little level & where the water accumulates & is stagnant before it