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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