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galla 1194[modifier]
Le pays de Horro est à 7 journées de Basso - Plusieurs esclaves avec qui j'ai causé en Ilmorma m'ont dit venir de badi.
from Salt[modifier]
kafess 1195[modifier]
M. Barrow from their features considers the Kaffers are descendant from Arab Bedou. I think they are part of Ethiopian tribes which may be traced all along the E. coast of Africa. (38)
chevaux 1196[modifier]
the Abyss. place a collar of the zebra's mane [around?] their horses (367)
hydromel[modifier]
sadoo, root used to make maize.
tolle maze the Ras's jester
jeux 1199[modifier]
Kersa game in which whole village engage & quarrel. like bandy in England.
nègres 1200[modifier]
dizzela, tribe of shangalla living in a district called dabanja 3 days journey beyond the Nile, bearing the general appellation of Damitchequa. god is called muzza guzza. they sacrifice a cow on a kamoos or holidays by stabbing her in 1000 places. An old man drinks first & keeps two wives. when a young man worries he gives his sister or his female captive in exchange. women assist in ploughing & share equally the produce. omazéna [sténo] wart on his hand. immagokwa [sténo], wokéa [sténo] [sténo] wunnéa [sténo] they eat all kind of flesh. their enemies are the metikul & Banja. the dippura live near. the duggala mountains are on the opposite side from Darfoor. M.t Yiba hossa, place of refuge. the rivers are : quoquea, prísa, knōsa & popa all running towards the bahr el abiad. it is 3 days journey from the pípa to the knōssa & thence 1 day to prísa riv.
rectangle[modifier]
comment baptise-t-on ?
baptême [rectangle] 1201[modifier]
quand on baptise à [mussulman?] they cross with the consecrated oil 36 times in different parts of the body.
vin[modifier]
they make wine with squeezed dried grapes in water.
vierges[modifier]
proofs of virignity are required after marriage (396)
divorce 1204[modifier]
the wife never changes her name & the property received is kept apart as she takes it if turned off unjustly. but the higher ranks follow no rule.
Axum 1205[modifier]
the architecture in Axum is strictly grecian (405) the traditions of the country ascribes the monuments to [Aeizena?] more than 300 years A.D.
inscription 1206[modifier]
inscription on the footstool not of freestone but of granite:
[éthiopien?]
in a wall to the right on a narrow projecting stone
is the following
[éthiopien]