6iz TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



After the death of her hufband, BacufTa,. me is faid to> 

 have defcended to a variety of attachments offhort duration. 

 She married a man of quality, Kafmati Netcho of.Kuara, by 

 whom fhe had three daughters. The firflwas Ozoro Either,, 

 of whom Ifhall often fpeak, being, next to her mother, the 

 greateft friend I had in Abyffinia, and one who had the moft 

 frequent opportunities of being fo. She was married, in very 

 early life, to Kafmati Netcho of Tcherkin, a. man of great 

 perfonal qualities, and who had a very large territory, reach- 

 ing down to the Pagan blacks, or, Troglodytes, called. Shan* 

 galla. 



This marriage was of very fhort. duration. Netcho left, 

 one fon, Ayto Conf u, my very great and firm, though young 

 friend, who likewife inherited his father's fortune and vir- 

 tues. She was afterwards married toAyo Mariam Barea,, 

 (excepting Ras Michael) reputed the beft general in Abyfii- 

 nia, but who died before I came into the country. By him; 

 {he had one fon and a. daughter, infants* Laftly, me was- 

 married to Ras Michael; by whom me had two fans, the- 

 favourites of Michael's old age.. Ruftic and cruel as that 

 old tyrant was, bred up in blood, and delighting in it, me go- 

 verned him defpotically, from the day of her marriage, yet 

 fo prudently, as to excite the envy of no one, excepting the* 

 murderers of her hufband Mariam Barea,who, luckily, were., 

 alfo the conftitutional enemies of her country.. 



The fecond daughter of the Iteghe was Ozoro Welleta If- 

 rael, the moft beautiful woman in Abyflinia, with whom I: 

 had very little acquaintance, fhe being at conftant war with, 

 Ras Michael. She had married a nobleman of the firfl con- 

 sideration, to whom half of the large and rich province of. 



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