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which, by fome fatality, the reafon I do not know, the road 

 of all caravans to Gondar mull lie. 



As foon as we paffed the Anzo, immediately on our right 

 is that part of Waldubba, full of deep valleys and woods, 

 in which the monks ufed to hide themfelves from the in- 

 curfions of the Shangalla, before they found out the more 

 convenient defence by the prayers and fuperior fanctity of 

 the prefent faints. Above this is Adamara, where the Ma- 

 hometans have confiderable villages, and, by their populouf- 

 nefs and ftrength, have greatly added to the fafety of the 

 monks, perhaps not altogether completed yet by the purity 

 of their lives. Still higher than thefe villages is Tchober 3 

 where we now encamped.. 



On the left hand, after pamng the Anzo, all is Shahagaa-^ 

 nah, till you come to the river Zarima. It extends in aneaft 

 and well direction, almoft parallel to the mountains of Sa- 

 men, and in this territory are feveral confiderable villages; 

 the people are much addicted to robbery, and rebellion, in 

 which they were engaged at this time. Above Salent is Ab^ 

 bergale,and above that Tamben, which is one of the princi- 

 pal provinces in Tigre, commanded at prefent by Kefla Ya- 

 fous, an officer of the greateil merit and reputation in the 

 Abyilinian army. 



On the 6th, at fix o'clock in the morning, we left Tcho- 

 ber, and paffed a wood on the fide of the mountain. At a 

 quarter paft eight we croffed the river Zarima, a clear 

 ftream running over a bottom of (tones. It is about as large 

 as the Anzo. On the banks of this river, and all this day; 

 we paffed under trees larger and more beautiful than any 



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