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fon, becaufe the queen and all the great people in Gondar 

 eat them in Lent without any bad confequenees. 



The great elevation of the peninfula of Gorgora makes 

 it one of the heakhieft, as well as beautiful parts of the 

 country, for, out of this neck of land, at feveral different 

 feafons of the year, the inhabitants of the flat country dif- 

 fer from malignant fevers. From Gondar hither we had 

 always been edging down to the lake. 



At a quarter before noon we halted to reft upon the 

 banks of a fmail river called Baha ; the country was rich, 

 and cultivated ; great part of it, too, was laid out in paflure, 

 and flocked with an immenfe quantity of cattle. At one 

 o'clock we refumed our journey, going weft fouth- we ft as 

 before; we were apparently turning the north end of the 

 lake as fhort as poffible, to fet our face due fouth to the 

 country of the Agows. At a quarter before three we pitch- 

 ed our tents at Bab Baha, after having travelled five hours 

 and three quarters, which we computed to be equal to twelve 

 miles. The firfi part of our journey this day was not like 

 that of the day before; the road was, indeed, rough, burled 

 through very agreeable valleys and gentle-riling hiils ; it 

 appeared, on the whole, however, that we had afcended con*- 

 fiderably fince we left Gondaiv 



The country about Bab Baha is the richefl in AbyfTmia.* 

 this on the fouth, and Woggora on the north, are the two 

 granaries that fupply the reft of the kingdom. Bab Baha is 

 a parcel of final 1 villages, more confiderable in number and 

 ftrength than thofe at Kemona, and is near the lake Tza.- 

 na. The queen and many of her relations have here their 



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