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of rock and loofe ftones, heaped together without clay o? 

 mortar, and by a ditch. The palace where the king re-' 

 fides is badly built, is one ftory high, and about five hun- 

 dred feet in circumference. It ftands before the water-gate 

 on the river Malempo, towards the lake, and affords a good 

 profpecl:. Our traveller faw planted near it four three- 

 pounders. 



After being expofed to various hardihips among thefe 

 people, our traveller, being fein out with a party to collect, 

 elephants' teeth, found means to make his efcape, and ar- 

 rived among a people called the Yaganefe, with whom he 

 remained till the end of the year. On the 2d of December 

 he again re fumed his journey, and, crofting the Akafi moun- 

 tains, reached the territory of Mugari. This country is fmall, 

 and thinly peopled. The inhabitants are of low ftature, and 

 far from being hofpitable to flrangers. Though of fmall fizej 

 they are more expert in hunting the elephant than many of 

 their neighbours ; and from the hides and teeth of thefe ani- 

 mals they procure their chief fubfiftence. The whole number 

 of the inhabitants does not amount to more than three thou- 

 fand : moll of them live in caves of the mountains. 



After pafling through a variety of fmall villages our tra- 

 veller entered the kingdom of Yukodego (Monoemugi), which 

 towards the eaft borders on Abyfiinia. The river Zambece, 

 which at the town of Yukora divides itfelf into five branches, 

 traverfes nearly the whole of the country, and, at the diftance 

 of half a day's journey from the town of Zambre, forms a 

 large lake, bearing the name of that town. The town of 

 Zambre, which he vifited foon after, confifts of four hun- 

 dred huts, and fifty or fixty houfes. The former are built of 

 timber and ftraw, the latter of ftones and mortar. The 

 town, which is of a triangular ftiape, lies on the right fide 

 of the rivet Zambre, has two principal and three crofs ftreets, 

 and is defended on one fide by a wall. The houfes, as well 

 as the palace, are only one ftory high. 



At Zambre our traveller was introduced to the king, who 

 conducted him into what he called his hall, where he difplayed 

 to him his treafures. They confifted of a few woiri copper 

 coins, two looking- glaffes, an almanack for the year 1743,' 



a few 



