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were in bent grafs, where, for the firft time, we faw Abies 
of goats lying on the Se of the houfes: for fear of wild 
beaits. 3 r 
“Yoo hall 128! fays Welled Amlac, whether I am telling 
truth or not; this is'the houfe of Welled Aragawi; if ‘he’ is 
here at nome then I have deceived you.” We fawa num 
ber of women laden with jars of bouza and hydromel, and 
afked where they were going. ‘They faid to their ‘matter 
at Delakus, who waited:there to prevent Welleta Michael 
of Degwafla from paffing the river!) Our Greeks ‘on ‘this 
began to relapfe into their panic, and to wifh we were again: 
at Welled Abea Abbo.. ‘At three quarters paft one we con- 
tinued our journey to the north, and pafled a river, called 
Amlac-Ohha, larger than the former: it comes from the 
eaft, and, half a mile further, receives the other ftream al- 
ready mentioned. The fun’ was now burning hor. At three 
o'clock we halted a quarter of an hour; and, beginning to 
defcend gently, an hour after this we came to the banks of 
the Abay. Here we faw the two combatants, Welleta Mi- 
chael and Welled Aragawi, exactly oppofite to each other,, 
the firft on the weft the other on the eaft fide; they had 
fettled all their differences, and each had killed feveral. 
kine for themfelves and friends, which was all the blood 
fhed that day. Re 
Tue Nile is here a confiderable river; its breadth‘at this: 
time full three quarters of an Enghth mile; the ¢urrent — 
is very gentle; where deep you fcarce can perceive it flow; 
it comes from W. by S. and W. S. W. and at the ford runs: 
eat and weft. The banks on the eaft fide were very high. 
and fteep; and on the weft, at the firft entrance, the bos- . 
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