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the bad flotation he was in, but gave the Shangalla fo en- 

 tire an overthrow, that one of their tribes was nearly exter- 

 minated by that day's flaughter, and crowds of women and 

 children fent Haves to the king at Dancaz. 



The delay that this occafioned had no bad effect upon the 

 expedition. The victorious troops poured immediately into 

 Atbara under Melca Chriftos, and completed the deftruc- 

 tion made by Welled Hawaryat, and the governor of Tigre. 

 All Sennaar was filled with people flying from the conquer- 

 ors, and an immenfe number of cattle was driven away by 

 the three armies. Baady feems to have been an idle fpec- 

 tator of this havock made in his kingdom ; and the armies 

 returned without lofs to Dancaz, loaded with plunder. 



Still the vengeance of Socinios was not fatisfied. The 

 Baharnagam, Guebra Mariam, was commanded to march 

 againft Fatima queen of the Shepherds, called at that time 

 Negufta Errum, queen of the Greeks. This was a princefs 

 who governed the remnant of that ancient race of people, 

 once the fovereigns of the whole country, who, for feveral 

 dynafties, were matters of Egypt, and who Hill, among 

 their ancient cuftoms, preferved that known one, of always 

 placing a woman upon the throne. Her refidence was at 

 Mendera*, on the N. E. of Atbara, one of the largeft and molt 

 populous towns in it ; a town, indeed, built like the reft, 

 of clay, -ft raw, and reeds, but not lefs populous or flourifli- 

 ing on that account. It was in the way of the caravans from 

 Suakem, both to Abyffinia and Sennaar, as alio of thofe large 

 caravans to and from Sudan, the Negro country upon the 

 Niger, which then came, and Hill ufe that road in their 

 way to Mecca. Ics female fovereign was confidercd as 



guardian 



* -See the Map. 



