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The quantity of the fun's difk obfcured was i o digits ; fo that 

 this was fo near to a total eclipfe, it mull have made an im- 

 preffion on the fpectators minds that fufficiently accounts 

 for the alarm and appreheniions it occafioned; 



In the month of January, nothing can be more beautiful 

 than the fky in Sire ; not a cloud appears ; the iky is all of a 

 pale azure, the colour lighter than an European fky, and of 

 inexpreflible beauty. The manner of applying this eclipfe. 

 I mall mention hereafter. 



Eclipses of the moon do not feem to be attended to in Abyf- 

 finia. The people are very little out in the night, infomuch. 

 that I do not find one of thefe recorded throughout their hif- 

 tory. The circumftances of the feafon make even thofe of 

 the fun feldomer viable than in other climates, for in the 

 rainy feafon, from April to September, the heavens are con- 

 ftantly overcafl with clouds, fo that it is mere accident if 

 they can catch the moment it happens. But in the month of 

 Teir, that is December and January, the fky is perfectly fe~ 

 rene and clear, and at this time our eclipfe above mention* 

 ed happened. 



The king now took into his consideration the flate of the 

 church. He had fent for an Abuna from Cairo to fucceed 

 Abuna Marcus, and he was now in his way to Abyfhnia, 

 while Bermudes, not able to bear this flight, on the other 



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