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in the midfl: of their harveft, but there were fome places, to 

 which the water could be conducted, where the corn was 

 juft appearing out of the ground. From Googue we have 

 an extenfive view of the lake Tzana, whilfl the mountains 

 of Begemder and Karoota, that is, all the ridge along Fog- 

 gora, appear diftindly enough, but they arc funk low, and 

 near the horizon. * 



On the 14th, at three quarters paft fevcn in the morning, 

 we left the inhofpitablc village Googue ; our road lay N. 

 by W. up a fmall hill. At half paft eight we croiTed the vil- 

 lage of Azzadari, in which runs a fmall river, then almoft 

 llagnant, of the fame name. At three quarters after eight, 

 the church of Turcon Abbo, being a quarter of a i^ile to 

 our right. At three quarters after nine we palTed the river 

 Avolai, coming fi'om N. W. and which, with all the other 

 llreams above mentioned, fall into the lake : from this be- 

 gins DegwafTa. At half paft ten we reftcd half an hour. 

 At eleven -continued our journey N. by W. and, at half after 

 eleven, entered again into the great road of Bure, by Kelti. 

 All the country from Googue 'is bare, unpleafanr, unwholc- 

 fome, and ill watered. Thofe few ftreams it has are now 

 ftanding in pools, and are probably ftagnant in January and 

 February. The people, too, are more miferable than in any 

 other part of Maitiha and Goutto. 



As we are now leaving Maitflia, it will be the place to 

 fay fomething concerning it in particular. Maitiha is either 

 proper, or what is called fo by extenfion, Maitflia Proper is 

 bounded on the weft by the Nile, on the fouth by the ri- 

 ver Jemnia, dividing it from Goutto ; and, on the other 

 fide of Amid Amid, by the province of Damot ; on the fouth 



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