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While Socinios was yet in Tigre, news were brought to 

 Coga from Woggora to Sanuda Tzef Leham * of Dembea, 

 who could not accompany the king to Tigre on account of 

 ficknefs, but was left with the charge of the capital and pa- 

 lace during the king's abfence, that Melchizedec, one of 

 the meaneft and loweft fervants of the late king Melee Se- 

 gued, liad rebelled, and was coUedling troops, confifting of 

 foldiers, fervants, and dependents of that prince, and had 

 ilain fome of Socinios's fervants. Sanuda was a brave and: 

 arrive officer ; but, being without troops, (the king having 

 carried the whole army to Tigre) immediately fet out from. 

 Maitfha to the town of Tchelga, one of the frontiers of A^ 

 byffinia, poflefled by Wed Ageeb prince of the Arabs. 



It is here to be obferved, that though the territorialj 

 right of Tchelga did then, and does ftill appertain to the 

 kingdom of Abyffinia, yet the poffeffion of it is ceded by 

 agreement to Wed Ageeb, under whofe protedion the cara-^ 

 vans from Egypt and Sennaar, and thofe from Abyffinia to 

 Sennaar and Egypt, were underflood to be ever fmce they 

 were cut off in the lail century by the bafha of Suakem, 

 for this purpofe, that a cultomhoufe might be eredled, and. 

 the duties divided between the two kingdoms equally. The. 

 fame is the cafe with Serke, a town belonging to Sennaar, 

 ceded for the fame purpofe to the king of Abyffinia. 



It happened that Abdelcader f, fon of Ounfa, late king of 

 Sennaar, or of Funge, as he is called in the Abyffinian an- 

 nals, had been depofed by his fubjecT:s in the 4th year of 



his. 



* Regifter of the cattle ; Co the governor of Dembea is called. 



i S«e the Hiftory of the rife of this monarchy in my return through Sennasr 



