THE SOURCE GF THE NILE. 6ij 



Gojam belonged, by whom fhe had Aylo, one of the lar- 

 geft men that I ever faw,. the only particular remarkable m 

 him. 



The third was Ozoro Altafli, married to Welled Ha waryat, 

 Ras Michael's fon, by whom fhe had three children, two fons 

 and one daughter. One of them died of the fmall-pox foon 

 after my arrival at Gondar, as did his father alfo ; the other 

 fon and daughter happily recovered.. 



Bacuffa had provided fufliciently for the fecurity of his 

 provinces, by placing tried and veteran officers in his govern- 

 ments. Elias, indeed, was Ras and Betwudet at jGondar, and 

 he was fufpet^ed of wifhes contrary to his allegiance ; but 

 far before any, in the confidence of the late king, was War- 

 agna Shahika, that is, colonel of a regiment of Djawi Galla, 

 with which he defended the provinces of Damot and Agow 

 againft his countiymen on the other fide of the Nile ; for 

 he was a Galla of that nation himfelf, and his name was 

 Ufho, which fignifies a dog. But it was more by his inter- 

 eft, which he prcfen^ed with thofe people, than by his amiSj. 

 that he kept thofe barbarians from wafting that countryi^ 



The reader will eaftly remember the firft occafion of his 

 coming to Gondar was when Bacuffa faw him waihing his. 

 clothes in a pool of water ; and from the reproof, and his 

 behaviour to the king on that occafion, as well as the duty 

 and implicit obedience he paid to his commands afterwards, 

 he was called Waragna, by way of contradi6lion, that word 

 fignifying a fturdy rebel, or one that ftands up in defiance o^ 

 the. king. That najne became much more famous after- 

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