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26 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
houfe of Ayto Welleta Michael, at Degwafla, after entering 
into a country fomething more pleafant and cultivated than 
the former. The village of Degwafla is but fmall; it had 
alfo been burnt in the late war; it is pleafantly firuated on. 
a hill fouth of the lake, about 3 miles diftance, and is fur- 
rounded with large wanzey-trees ; we were but ill-received 
‘at this village, notwithftanding the promifes of the mafter 
of it at the paflage of the Abay, and we found thefe people 
{carcely more hofpitable than at Googue. This villageisa 
little out of the road, to the right. We had travelled this 
day five hours and a half, or little more than ten miles. 
On the rsth of November, from Degwafla we entered 
Gonzala, immediately bordering upon it: heavy rain pre- 
vented our fetting out till noon. Gonzala is full of villages, 
and belongs to the queen-mother. At a quarter after one we 
paffed a large marfh, in the midft of which runs a {mall ri- 
ver which here falls into the lake. We refted here half an 
hour; and, at three quarters paft one, we entered the great 
road which we had paffed to the leftin going to Degwaffa. 
At two o’clock we came ftiil to a diftincter view of the 
lake, as alfo where the river enters and goes out; it appears 
here to enter at S. W. and go out at N. E. and is diftant about 
eight or nine miles. At three quarters paft two, we arrived 
at Dingleber, having this Srp travelled only two hours and 
a half, or five ile 
On the 16th we left Dingleber at feven o’clock in the 
morning ; it was very hot; and, a little before we came to 
Mefcalaxos, in a ftripe of land, or peninfula, which runs out 
into the lake, we halted a fhort time under the fhade of 
fome 
