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tlemcnton the yVbyHinian fide of the Nile, except fuch tribes 

 of them- as, from wars among themfelves, have gone over 

 to the king of AbyfTinia and obtained lands on the banks of 

 that river,^ oppofite to the nation they have revolted from, a- 

 gainil which they have ever after been, the fecurefl buhvark. . 



A THIRD divifioii of feven tribes remained in the. center, , 

 due foiith of the low country of Shoa ; and thefe are the 

 leaft known, as having made, the feweft incurfions. They 

 have, indeed, poirclTed Walaka, a fmall province between 

 Amhara.and Shoa; but this has been permitted politically 

 by the governor of Shoa, as a barrier between him and A-. 

 byflinia, on whofe fovereign he fcarcely acknowledges any 

 dependence but for form's fake, his province being at pre- 

 fentan hereditary government defceAcUng from father to forr. . 



All thefe tribes of Galla gird Abyffinia round at all 

 points from eaft to weft, making inroads, and burning and 

 murdering all that fall into their hands. The privities of, 

 the men they cut oiF, dry, and hang them up in their houfes. 

 They are fo mercilefs as to fpare not even w^omen with 

 child, whom they rip up in hopes of deftroying a male. 

 The weftern part of thefe Galla, which furrounds the pe- 

 ninfula of Gojam and Damot, are calkd the Boren Galla ;. 

 and thofe that are to the eaft are named Bertuma Galla, 

 though this laft word is feldom ufed in liiftory, where the 

 Galla to the weftward are called Boren ; and the others 

 Galla merely, without any other addition. All thefe tribes, , 

 though, the moft cruel that ever appeared in any country, 

 ajre yet governed by the ftricT:eft difcipline at home, where 

 the fmalleft broil or quarrel among individuals is taken, 

 cognizance of, and receives immediate punillimcnt. 



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