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" them at the well of Fernay*, before one Galla mould 

 " -drink there, or advance a pike-length into Begemder." 



This declaration was, by orders of Ras Michael, entered 

 into the Deftar, and written in letters of gold, after Mariam 

 Barea's death, no doubt at the inftigation of Ozoro Either, 

 jealous for the reputation of her dead hufband. It is inti- 

 tled, the dutiful declaration of the governor of Begemder ; and is 

 figned by two Umbares, or judges. Whether the original 

 was fo or not, I cannot fay. 



The return made to this by the king was of the harfh- 

 eft kind, full of taunts and feoffs, and prefumptuous confi- 

 dence ; announcing the fpeedy arrival of Brulbe, as to a 

 certain victory ; and, to fhew what further afliftance he 

 trufted in, he ordered Ras Michael to be proclaimed gover- 

 nor of Samen, the province on the Gondar fide of the Ta- 

 cazze, that no obftacle might be left in the way of that ge- 

 neral from Tigre, if it mould be refolved upon to call him. 



In AbyfTmia there is a kind of glafs bottle, very light, 

 and of the fize, fhape, and ftrength of a Florence wine- 

 flafk ; only the neck is wider, like that of our glafs decan- 

 ters, twifted for ornament fake, and the lips of it folded 

 back, fuch as we call cannon-mouthed. Thefe are made 

 at Triefte on the Adriatic ; and thoufands of packages of 

 thefe are brought from Arabia to Gondar, where they 

 are in ufe for all liquors, which are clear enough to 

 bear the glafs, fuch as wine and fpirits. They are very 



thin 



* A well near JKaroota, Immediately on the frontiers of Begemder, 



