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we refted. At ten minutes paft one we fet out again, thro' 

 the thickell and mofl impenetrable woods I ever faw ; and 

 at half pall four we encamped about two miles weft of Am- 

 ba Daid, a fmall village of elephant hunters, often deftroy- 

 ed by the Shangalla, but now lately rebuilt, and ftrength- 

 ened by Agageers and their families under protedtion of 

 Ayto Confu. We went not to the village, for the fake of a 

 fmall brook which we had found here, running north, and^ 

 falling into the Angrab, 



On the i6th, at half after feven in the morning we re- 

 fumed our journey, going weftward ; about an hour and a . 

 half afterwards we arrived at the Germa, a large river which 

 runs N. N. W. and falls into the Angrab ; and a quarter 

 after nine we paffed the Germa, and going N. W. through 

 the very thickeft woods, came to Dabdo, a hill almoft de- 

 ferted, its inhabitants having been fo frequently deftroyed 

 by the Pagan Shangalla.' 



At twenty minutes paft ten, ftill going through the 

 thickeft woods, and ground all opened by the heat of the 

 fun, we found, in a gralTy marlh, a pretty abundant fpring 

 of foul water. This is the refort of the hunters of the 

 elephant, as alfO of their rivals and enemies the Shangalla ; 

 and here much human blood has been fhed by people 

 v/hofe occupation and intention, when they went from 

 home, were that of flaying the wild beafts only. The Baafa 

 or Dobena Shangalla, poflefs the country which lies about 

 four days journey N. E. from this. 



At a quarter paft eleven we came to the river Terkwa; 

 which, after running N. W. falls into the Angrab ; it then 



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