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being taken to the monastery of Zui. He stated that 

 in the eity of Hurrah, which was then the capital 

 of the kingdom of Adal, there was at the present 

 day an entire library which had formed part of the 

 spoil of the conqueror on that occasion, and that in 

 the same building with the books is preserved the 

 original silver kettle drums that were formerly 

 carried before the Emperor. He had also seen a 

 map which had been made by the orders of Ma- 

 homed Grahne, of the countries he had subdued 

 from Massoah and Gonclah in the north, to Maga- 

 dish in the south, and upon which was particularly 

 marked the site of every Christian temple he had 

 destroyed. A copy of this map could, I think, be 

 easily obtained by means of our Berberah acquaint- 

 ance, Shurmalkee, whose connexion with the city 

 of Hurrah is much more considerable than it is 

 supposed to be by our Government. 



Upon both banks of that part of the Hawash 

 which partially encircles Shoa, numerous tribes of 

 Galla find sustenance for immense herds of cattle. 

 Among these, the most important are the Maitcha 

 and Soddo tribes, situated upon the earliest of its 

 most western tributaries ; next to these, proceeding 

 from the west, is the Tchukalla; then Lakee, or those 

 living between lake Zui and the Hawash ; to these 

 succeed the Gilla, the Eoga, and then the Gallahn, 

 the chief of which, Shumbo, is a son-in-law of the 

 Negoos, baptized and married the same day, whilst 

 I was in Shoa. Through his district lies the safest 



