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he intended it as quite the reverse. During my visit to 

 the marlvet I found no mules for sale, and only secured 

 one good donkey, for although there were plenty 

 on hand most of them were small or in bad condition. 

 There was a good supply of cattle, not so many sheep, 

 plenty of grain of all sorts, potatoes, onions, limes, apricots, 

 raw cotton (grown near the Abbai), jars of ghee, tej, and 



Market-place at Debra Markos. 



tala. Manufactured goods, with the exception of the 

 cotton shammas, with and without the red stripe for 

 which Gojam is famous, were very poorly represented. 

 Cheap printed calicoes, leather cartridge-belts, coarse 

 American sheeting, a little silver jewellery, and brass 

 and iron crosses were about all I could discover. Five 

 salts was the exchange for a Maria Theresa dollar here. 

 For the donkey I gave §i i ; half a salt would purchase 

 sixteen limes, while four little iron crosses could be 

 bought for a whole salt. 



On approaching the town, I had sent off my head- 



