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pletely shut up the road towards the sea-coast. But my 
brother could never be induced to give up the game that 
seemed already within his grasp; and when we parted at 
Goander, he was already directing his steps to the unknown 
regions of Damoh, Enarea, Kafa, and Djandjow. May the 
Almighty God look with favour on the daring and lonely 
traveller ! 
*“‘ T need not tell you that all my barometers were shiver- 
ed to atoms long before I crossed the mountain passes of 
Abyssinia. I was obliged to have recourse to observations 
on the temperature of boiling water, for which I was pro- 
vided with an excellent and delicate thermometer. As au- 
thors do not exactly agree in the manner of calculating these 
observations, I shall here insert some of the original entries. 
They will throw some light on the long disputed question of 
the height of Abyssinian mountains. 
Boiling Water, Air. 
“ Mountains near Halay (primitive rocks) 29th March, 6 a.m. 939.9 14°.4 
Adwa id. 10th May, Sa.M. .94.15 25.3. 
Terasdga (east bank of the Tacazay) 19th May, 8} a. M. 95.18 25.8 
Tacazay, (closeto the water) . 20th May, 9a.mM. 97.30 25.0 
Amodjagi, (west bank of the ptt 27th May, 6Ga.M. 90.80 20.0 
Goander, - - F . SthJune, 7P.m. 93.25 22.2 
Kaba, (village near Samen) : - SSthJuly, 5a.mM. 91.35 18.3 
Ewari, (on Mount Bawhit) trap rocks 7th July, Noon, 89.56 24.1 
‘* The summit of Mount Bawhit is at least 1800 feet above 
the village of Ewari. This Mount Bawhit is, after Amba Hai, 
the highest mountain in Abyssinia. When I crossed part of 
it, the ground was covered with unmelted hail, which looked 
at a distance like snow. This observation conciliates in 
some measure the conflicting testimonies of Bruce and 
Salt.” 
«* ALEXANDRIA, 3lst December, 1838. 
‘‘T had deferred closing this, until I could discover some 
‘means of forwarding it to Europe. Unfortunately, after a 
long and fruitless delay, | was compelled to be my own mes- 
