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ground, and even the fteep fides of the mountains, were cul- 

 tivated, though they had ever fo little foil. 



On Wednefday the 6th of December, at eight o'clock in 

 the morning, we fet out from Ribieraini ; and in about three 

 hours travelling on a very pleafant road, over eafy hills and 

 through hedge-rows of jeflamin, honey-fuckle, and many 

 kinds of flowering flirubs we arrived at Adowa, where once 

 refided Michael Suhul, governor of Tigre. It was this day 

 we faw, for the firft time, the fmall, long-tailed green pa- 

 roquet, from the hill of Shillodee, where, as I have already 

 mentioned, we firft came in fight of the mountains of A- 

 dowa. 



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