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under the Sherriffe of Mecca and the Arabian p rinces. Thefe 

 are the people who at particular times have appeared in Eu- 

 rope, and who have been ftraightway taken for, and treated- 

 as Ambafladors. 



More fouth ward and weflward are the kingdoms of Mara,, 

 Worgla, and Pagoma, fmall principalities of fixed habita- 

 tions by the fea, at times free, at others dependent uponr 

 Adel; and, to the fouth of thefe, in the fame flat country, is 

 Hadea, whofe capital is Harar, and governed; by a prince,, 

 who is a Gibberti likewife ;. and who, by marrying a Sher- 

 riffa, or female defcendant of Mahomet, is now reckoned a 

 Sherriffe or noble of Mahomet's family, diftinguifhed by 

 his wearing habits, for the moft part green, and above all? 

 a grafs -green turban, a mark of hatred to Chriftianity. 



The Gibbertis, then, are the princes and merchants o£ 

 this country, converted to the Mahometan faith foon after 

 the death of Mahomet, when the Baharnagafh (as we have 

 already Hated) revolted from the empire of the AbyffinianSj, 

 in whofe hands all the riches of the country are centered.. 

 The black inhabitants are only their fubjects, hewers o£ 

 wood and" drawers of water, who ferve them in their fami- 

 lies at home, take care of their camels when employed in; 

 caravans abroad, and who make the principal part of their 

 forces .iii the field. 



But there are other inhabitants ftill befides thefe Gib- 

 bertis and native blacks, whomwe mull not confound with 

 the indigenous of this country, how much foever they may 

 tefemble them* The iirft of thefe are by the Portuguefe 

 &iftorians called Moors, who are merchants from the welt of 



Africa^ 



