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While Socinios was yet in Tigre, news were brought to 

 Coga from Woggora to Sanuda Tzef Leham * of Dembea* 

 who could not accompany the king to Tigre on account of 

 ficknefs, but was left with the charge of the capital and pa- 

 lace during the king's abfence, that Melchizedec, one of 

 the meanefl and loweft fervants of the late king Melee Se- 

 gued, had rebelled, and was collecting troops, confifting of 

 foldiers, fervants, and dependents of that prince, and had 

 flain fome of Socinios's fervants,. Sanuda was a brave and 

 active, officer ; but, being without troops, (the king having 

 carried the whole army to Tigre) immediately fet out fromi 

 Maitfha to the town of Tchelga, one of the frontiers of A- 

 byffinia, poffened by Wed Ageeb prince of the Arabs, 



It is here to be obferved, that though the territorial 

 right of Tchelga did then, and does Hill appertain to the 

 kingdom of Abyffinia, yet the poneffion of it is ceded by 

 agreement to Wed Ageeb, under whofe protection the carar 

 vans from Egypt and Sennaar, and thofe from Abyffinia to- 

 Sennaar and Egypt, were underftood to be ever fince they 

 were cut off in the laft century by the baiha of Suakem,, 

 for this purpofe, that a cuftomhoufe might be erected, and! 

 the duties divided between the two kingdoms equally. The 

 fame is the cafe with Serke, a town belonging to Sennaar,., 

 ceded for the fame purpofe to the king of Abyffinia., 



It happened that Abdelcader f , fon of Ounfa, late king of 

 Sennaar, or of Funge, as he is called in the Abyffinian an- 

 nals, had been depofed by his fubjects in the 4th year of: 



his. 



* Regifter of the cattle ; fo the governor of Dembea is called. 



f Se.e the. liiftory of the rife of this monarchy in my return through Sennaa&-. 



