294 Agricultural and Land produce of Shoa. QNo. 1 48. 



Slaves and Farm Stock. 



1 Male Slave, 34 to 64 Shillings. 



1 Female Slave, 48 to 100 ditto. 



1 Mule, .. 20 to 60 ditto. 



1 Horse, . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 40 ditto. 



1 Ass, .. .. .. .. .. . . 4 to 8 ditto. 



1 Ox, .. .. 4 to 12 ditto. 



1 Cow, .. .. , 4 to 12 ditto. 



1 Sheep, .. .. . . 5d. to 1 ditto. 



1 Goat, .. .. 6d. to J s. 6d. 



10 Fowls, 2s. to 2s. Sterg. 



1 Set of Agricultural Implements, .. ..2s.\d. 



Appendix, No. 2. 



Extract on the Agriculture of Abyssinia, translated from the works of 

 Ludolf Hist. Aetheop. 



The fertility of the soil in Abyssinia is remarkable, for wherever the 

 ground is fit for culture, it brings forth all manner of fruits. The 

 summer of so long duration being exceedingly conducive to vegetation, 

 sowing and reaping are performed together in one spot, and two, and 

 even three harvests are reaped during the year. The Abyssinians have 

 grain and leguminous plants, not only such as are known with us, but 

 others, such as tef, very useful in making bread, which is unknown in 

 Germany. The seed is very minute, even smaller than that of the 

 poppy, but oblong. They do not seem to possess our corn, for when 

 Gregorius first smelt the bread made from it, he said " this is real tef, 

 and has the like flavour." He thought oats unworthy of cultivation, and 

 said, " it is like darnel, despised by my countrymen," for there barley 

 and grass form the food of the horses. The Abyssinians do not sow for 

 the express food of the domestic animals ; as in all the more temperate 

 situations grass is very abundant, on account of the perpetual warmth, 

 and the continual moisture running under ground from the mountains. 

 The solid rock does not absorb the rain water, which sinking under their 

 fertile soil wonderfully refreshes the plants ; on the contrary, when the 

 moisture subsides into a rock full of holes, the hills remain sterile. 



The meadows are evergreen and redolent of flowers; there is plenty 

 of food for the bees, and for this reason an abundance of honey. With 



