THE SHANGALLAS. 



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and presenting their captives to their king, or selling them to the slave merchants. 

 Near the plains the Shangallas have other enemies to fear, the Arabs, who have 

 also reduced a considerable portion of the black population to slavery. Lastly, the 



Fig. 48. — Inhabitants of Abyssinia. 

 Scale 1 : 3,500.000. 



60 Miles. 



land has also been frequently wasted by the invasions of the Gallas or Ilm-Ormas 

 from the south. Some of these Gallas, however, such as those west of the Abaï 

 River, and those in the province of Mecha, have settled in the districts depopulated 

 by them. 



