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Agricultural and Land produce of Shoa. 



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names of forty-three species of grain and useful products at present 

 cultivated in Shoa. Besides supplying their own immediate wants, 

 and those of a herd of clerical drones, who devour the fruits of the 

 working classes, there is still a considerable surplus, which is bartered 

 to the lazy Adaiel for the product of his salt lake, which yields her 

 crop without ploughing or sowing ; and were the despotic restrictions 

 but removed from the subject, and a small portion of European know, 

 ledge instilled into the minds of the cultivators, the kingdom of Shoa 

 might be made one inexhaustible granary for all the fruits of the earth. 



52. Table of useful products, cultivated in Shoa: — 

 Genera. . . English. Amharic. 



Ervum lens, Vetch, Missur. 



Cicer arietinum, .. 



Pisum sativum, 



Coriandrum sativum, 



Sinapis nigra, 



1. Triticum, 



2. 



3. 



Gram, .. Sh umbra. 



Pea, Allur. 



Coriander, Dimbilal. 



Mustard, Senna fetch. 



Wheat, Sendi azazee. 



" 2nd sort, Aboolsee. 



" 3rd sort, Zohcongumber. 



1. Hordeum hexastichon, Barley, 



Gebs. 



2. 



3. 



A vena pullens ? .. 



Poa Abyssinica, . . 



Vicia faba, 



Nicotiana tabaccum, 



1. Zea Mais, 



2. " .. .. 



3. " .. .. 



4. " .. .. 



5. " .. .. 



7. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



. . " 2nd sort, Zujulkupsoo. 



. . " 3rd sort, Mooga. 



. . Oats, Gerama. 



Tef. 



. . Beans, Bakkela. 



. . Tobacco, Tumbaco. 



. . Jowarree, Mashilla. 



" Waggare. 



.. White large fruit, . . .. Gorondjo. 



. . Very long stalk, . . . . Yakkun ehliel. 



.. Perfectly white, .. .. Tehara kit. 



.. Mixed red and white, .. Kultatoo. 



. . Red used for making beer, Zungada. 



. . Short-stalk large fruit, . . Atchara. 



. . Red used for making beer, Koliey. 



Fruit hanging on sepa- ) Tattare< 



rate threads, 



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