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fome acacia-trees. Here we faw plenty of water-fowl, and 
feveral gomaris. A {mall river crofles the road here, and 
falls into the lake: and, at one o’clock in the afternoon, we 
continued our journey, and overtook a troop of Agows, who 
were going to Gondar, laden with honey, butter, and un- 
tanned hides. They had with them alfo about 800 head of 
cattle. Thefe people accuftomed to the road (though hea- 
vily laden) go long journies: they had at this time 50 miles 
_ to make by nine o’clock in the morning of the 18th, and 
it was now the 16th, pait one o’clock. 
A Suower overtook us foon after pafling Mefcalaxos, and _ 
forced us to take refuge in fome fmall huts near the lake, 
called Goja, where we remained. The inhabitants of this 
and the neighbouring villages {peak Falafha, the language 
anciently of all Dembea, which, as has been already obferved, 
in moft of the plain country, has now given place to Am- 
haric. Here we faw two gomari come out of the lake and 
enter the corn, but fpeedily, upon the dogs of the villages 
attacking them, they ran and plunged into the water; we 
could not have a diftin& view of them, nor time enough to 
defign them, but they were very different from any draught 
we had ever feen of them. The head feemed to me to 
refemble that of a hog more than of a horfe. We had this 
day travelled fix hours and a half, or about thirteen miles. 
_ Ow the 17th, at a quarter paft feven, we left Goja. At one 
o'clock we halted at Sar Ohha, after a journey of five hours 
and a half, or about eleven miles ; and on the 18th, at half 
paft fix, left Sar Ohha. At three quarters paft feven we pafled 
the river Talti, and at half paft eleven halted at Abba Abram, 
near the church, under a large fafla-tree. At one, con- 
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