THESOURCE OF THE NILE. 6 S g, 



vailed on the king to banifh both the mother and fons to 

 the mountain of Wechne. 



In order to prevent fuch interference for the future, the 

 Iteghe took a Hep, the like of which had never before been 

 attempted in Abymnia. It was to bring a wife to Yafous 

 from a race of Galla. Her name was Wobit, daughter of 

 Amitzo, to whom Bacuffa had once fled when he efcaped 

 from the mountain before he was king, and had been 

 kindly entertained there. Her family was of the tribe of 

 Edjow, and the divilion of Toluma, that is, of the fouthern 

 Galla upon the frontiers of Amhara. They were efteemed 

 the poli tell, that is, the leafl barbarous of the name. But 

 it was no matter, they were Galla, and that was enough. 

 Between them and Abymnia, oceans of blood had been 

 fhed, and ftrong prejudices imbibed againft them, never to 

 be effaced by marriages. She was, however, brought to 

 Gondar, chriftened by the name of Beflabee, and married 

 to Yafous : By her he had a fon, named Joas, who fuccefed- 

 ed his father, 



4 O 2 JOAS. 



