i8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



were in bent grafs, where, for the firft time, we faw flocks 

 of goats lying on the tops of the houfes for fear of wild 

 hearts. 



" You fhall fee, fays Welled Amlac, whether I am telling- 

 truth or not ; this is the houfe of Welled Aragawi ; if he is 

 here at home, then I have deceived you." We faw a num- 

 ber of women laden with jars of bouza and hydromel, and 

 aflced where they were going. They faid to their mailer 

 at Delakus, who v/aited there to prevent Welleta Michael 

 of DegwafTa from paffing the river. Our Greeks on this 

 began to relapfe into their panic, and to wifli we were again 

 at Welled Abea Abbo. At three quarters pad one we con- 

 tinued our journey to the north, and pafled a river, called 

 Amlac-Ohha, larger than the former: it comes from the 

 call, and, half a mile further, receives the other flream al- 

 ready mentioned. The fun v/as now burning hot. At three 

 o'clock we halted a quarter of an hour ; and, beginning tq 

 defcend gently, an hour after this we came to the banks of 

 the Abay. Here vy^e faw the two combatants, Welleta Mi- 

 chael and Welled Aragawi, exadly oppofue to each other, 

 tlie firft on tlie weft the other on the eaft fide ; they had 

 fettled all their differences, and each had killed fcveral 

 kine for themfelvcs and friends, which was all the blood 

 filed that day. 



The Nile is here a confiderable river; its breadth at this 

 time full three quarters of an Englifh mile ; the current 

 is very gentle ; where deep you fcarce can perceive it flow ; 

 it comes from W. by S. and W. S. W. and at the ford runs 

 eaft and weft. The banks on the eaft fide were very high 

 and fteep ; and on the weft, at the firft entrance, the bot- 

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