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the wearer. Some wear them on the wrists also ; 

 and the young females of a tender age merely 

 wear one or two strings of cornelian beads, and 

 two strings of cowries, with half a dozen charms, 

 attached thereto, around their loins. 



On the east side of the river we observed a 

 number of palm-trees in clusters ; and on the 

 left bank is a town named Haygogee, the land- 

 ing town or capital of Ederesa, who resides at 

 the distance of three or four miles from it. Be- 

 fore getting under weigh this morning the wea- 

 ther was unfavourable, but it afterwards cleared 

 up and became very fine. The river still con- 

 tinued to rise perceptibly : the current in the 

 night was about four knots, and we again drag- 

 ged our anchor considerably. A great deal of 

 rain fell also during the night, and we found 

 that the wet season was almost over ; so that for 

 the three following months we expected the 

 weather to be fine and temperate, after which it 

 would become excessively hot. The average 

 temperature for a month or two we expected 

 to be about 86°. 



At 12. 30, we anchored off Egga. Our an- 

 chorage was contiguous to an island which lay 

 betwixt us and the town, the latter being distant 



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