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Behind came Gufho of Amhara, and PowufTen, lately 

 made governor of Begemder for his behaviour at the battle 

 of Fagitta, where, as I have faid, he purfued Fafil and his 

 army for two days. The Ras had given him alfo a farther 

 reward, his grand-daughter Ayabdar, lately recovered from 

 the fmall-pox, and the only one of my patients that, neither 

 by herfelf, her mother, nor her hufband, ever made me the 

 leaf! return. Powuilen was one of the twelve officers who, 

 after being delivered to Lubo by the Galla, together with 

 Mariam Barea, had fled to Michael's tent, and were protec- 

 ted by him. 



One thing remarkablein this cavalcade, which I obferved, 

 was the head-drefs of the governors of provinces. A large 

 broad fillet was bound upon their forehead, and tied be- 

 hind their head. In the middle of this was a horn, or a 

 conical piece of fdver, gilt, about four inches long, much in 

 the fhape of our common candle extinguifhers. This is 

 called kirn, or horn, and is only worn in reviews or parades 

 after victory. This I apprehend, like all other of their ufages, 

 is taken from the Hebrews, and the feveral allufions made 

 in fcripture to it arife from this practice :— " I faid unto 

 fools, Deal not foolifhly ; and to the wicked, Lift not up the 

 horn — " Lift not up your horn on high ; fpeak not with a 

 ftiff neck*" — " For promotion cometh," &c. — " But my horn 

 malt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn" — " And the 



horn 



* The crooked manner in which they hold their neck when this ornament is on theii fo .e- 

 Iiead, for fear it mould fall forward, perfectly mews the meaning of fpeaking with a ftifF neck 

 when you hold the horn an high, or erecl like the horn of the unicorn. 



