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While returning to Dembea, he met a party of the Falaflia, 

 called At ad, at Wainadega, and entirely deftroyed them, fo 

 that not one efcaped. 



The king was now lb formidable that no army of the ene- 

 my dared to face him, and he obliged the Falaflia to give 

 up their king Radaet, whom he banilhed to Wadge ; and 

 the four following years he fpent in ravaging the country 

 of his enemies the Galla, in Shat and Bed, and that of the 

 Falaflia in Samen and Serke, where he beat Caliph king of 

 the Falaflia, who had fucceeded Radaet. 



The Galla, in advancing towards Gojam and Damot, had 

 over-run the whole iovv country between the mountains of 

 Narea and the Nile. The king, defirous to open a commu- 

 nication with a country where there was a great trade, efpe- 

 cially for gold, crofled the Nile in his way to that province, 

 the Galla flying everywhere before him. He was received 

 with very great joy by the prince of that country, who look- 

 ed upon him as his deliverer from thofe cruel enemies. 

 Here he received many rich prefents ; more particularly a 

 large quantity of gold, and he wintered at Cutheny in that 

 province, where Abba Hedar his brother died, having been 

 blown up with gun-powder, with his wife and children. 

 The Nareans defired, this year, to be admitted to the Chrif- 

 tian faith ; and they were converted and baptifed by a mif- 

 fion of prielts fent by the king for that purpofe, 



, At the time he was refcuing the kingdom of Narea, Cad- 

 ward Baflia, a young officer of merit and reputation, lately 

 come from Conftantinople to Dawaro as baflia of Mafuah, 

 had begun his command with making inroads into Tigrc, 



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