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the estimation of the Abessinians, the negroes, as the alleged 

 descendants of Ham, are alone doomed to slavery. It seems, 

 therefore, that " Barea" is only another name for the Dalla 

 negroes or " Shdnkqlas of the Takkazie." 



In terminating his list of the languages of Abessinia, Dr 

 Latham inquires, "Is it exhaustive f and he refers to a 

 number of vocabularies mentioned by M. d'Abbadie in the 

 Athenceum of April 12, 1845,* as having been collected by 

 him during his residence in that country. As even now we 

 possess nothing more of these vocabularies than their names., 

 we must be content to investigate them from the names alone. 

 These are, however, quite sufficient to show, that, when the 

 vocabularies themselves are given to the public, they are 

 likely to present but little novelty, whatever value they may, 

 and doubtless do, otherwise possess. 



The languages to which M. d'Abbadie's vocabularies re- 

 late are stated to be as follows : — 



A. The Agau (Agow) Languages. 



1. The Khamtina (Khamtinga), " spoken by the Khamta 

 or Agaus of Way or pr«$r." This is manifestly my JVaag- 

 Agau or Hhdmqra, — the Agow of Bruce and Salt. (Latham, 

 XVIII. 1, 2, 3.) 



2. The vVuna (Awnga), " spoken by the Awawa, or Agaws 

 bordering on Little Damot."t This, again, is my Aghaghd, 

 or Agau of Agaumider, of which a vocabulary is also given 

 by Bruce, (xviii. 6, 7.) 



3. The Hwarasa, " spoken in Kwara or Hwara, and by the 

 Falosha (Falocha) of Gallagar, Kayla, and of the Awawa ;'' 

 which is the Faldsha of Bruce and myself, (xvill. 4, 5.) 



M. d'Abbadie adds, that " short vocabularies show that 

 the Agau languages are closely allied to the Gabi, spoken by 

 the Bileu (probably the Blemmyi of the Romans), and to the 

 languages of Atala in Simen [Samien], of Alafa and of Kwara, 

 or Hwara ;" and he alludes also to the " kindred dialect 



* No. 911, pp. 359, 360. 



t By " Little Damot," M. d'Abbadie means the " Damot'' of the maps. 

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