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tlement on the Abymnian fide of the Nile, except fuch tribes 

 of them as, from wars among themfelves, have gone over 

 to the king of Abymnia and obtained lands on the banks of 

 that river, oppofite to the nation they have revolted from, a- 

 gainft which they have ever after been the fecureft bulwark, 



A third divifion of feven tribes remained in the center, •, 

 due fouth of the low country of Shoa ; and thefe are the 

 leaft known, as having made the feweft incurfions. They 

 have, indeed* poffefTed Walaka, a fmall province between 

 Amhara and Shoa ; but this has been permitted politically 

 by the governor of Shoa, as a barrier between him and A-- 

 bymnia, on whofe fovereign he fcarcely acknowledges any 

 dependence but for form's fake, his province being at pre- 

 fent an hereditary-government descending from father to fon, . 



All thefe tribes of Galla gird Abymnia round at alii 

 points from eaft to weft, making inroads, and burning and ! 

 murdering all that fall into their hands. The privities of 

 the men they cut off, dry, and hang them up in their houfes„. 

 They are fo mercilefs as to fpare not even women with 

 child, whom they rip up in hopes of deftroying a male. . 

 The weftern part, of thefe Galla, which furrounds the pe-~ 

 ninfula of Gojam and Damot, are called the Boren Galla;;, 

 and thofe that are to the eaft are named Bertuma Galla,, 

 though this laft word is feldom ufed in hiftory, w T here the: 

 Galla to the weftward are called Boren ; and the others .» 

 Galla merely, without any other addition. All thefe tribes,, 

 though the moft cruel that ever appeared in any country,, 

 are yet governed by the ftricteft difcipline at home, "where 

 the fmalleft broil or quarrel among individuals is taken: 

 cognizance of, and receives immediate punimment. 



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