138 THE RIVER BARISSA. 



"boundary" between the Gallas and the Christian 

 inhabitants of Shoa. It passes to the west of 

 Debra Berhan, flowing towards the north, and joins 

 the Jumma in the district of Marabetee. The 

 Jumma also receives the Tcherkos river, or Lomee 

 wans, which is now the western boundary of the 

 kingdom of Shoa, the district intervening between 

 it and the Barissa, a distance of about sixteen 

 miles, having been annexed to his dominions 

 within the last few years by Sahale Selasse. The 

 Jumma, after receiving the Barissa, and other 

 streams, of the kingdoms of Amhara and of Shoa, 

 joins the Abi near where that river, after flowing 

 to the south from Lake Dembea, turns suddenly to 

 the west, and forms the southern border of the 

 province of Gogam. 



We arrived at Angolahlah before noon, 

 and Walderheros took me to the house of a 

 friend of his, named Karissa. The weather, 

 although only the latter end of June, was dread- 

 fully cold, and being very tired and ill, I preferred 

 rolling myself immediately up in my bed-clothes, 

 consisting of two Abyssinian tobes, which my 

 servant had carried with him in a skin-bag, rather 

 than sit up to eat of some hard parched corn which 

 was set before me by one of the women of the house. 



In the mean time, Walderheros went to the 

 palace to announce my arrival, and to request an 

 interview with the Negoos. It was a long time 

 before he returned, and I began to think, that like 



