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made; and with elephants teeth, and rhinoceros’s horns, 
ufed for the handles of the crooked knives, which the Abyf- 
finians carry at their girdles. All the inhabitants of San- 
eaho are hunters of elephants. It is their principal food. 
Erbab Gimbaro came with Yafine,and brought more than 
a hundred of the Shangalla.to the king’s army at Serbraxos, 
where the Moors aHedged he did not any way diftinguifh 
himfelf. I had, however, taken confiderable notice of him; 
and at his earneft defire carried him-into the tent, and fhew— 
ed him the king... 
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We encamped at the bottom of the hill on the fouth-weft 
fide of the town, on the banks of the river, which rifes in. 
the mountains fix miles off to the fouth, and encompaffes 
the half of the hilltwhere Sancaho ftands; after which it 
turns northward, but was now moftly dry.. While we were 
pitching our tent, I fent one of Yafine’s men to order Gim- 
baro to fend us the ufual quantity of provifion for ourfelves 
and camels, and told him alfo, that my camels were few in: 
number, and weak ; defiring he would fend two, or one at 
leaft, which fhould be ftated in his deftar,. or-account of 
rent, for that year. Iwas aftoniflied to fee Yafine’s men 
return, bringing with them only a. woolly-headed black, 
the Erbab’s fon, as it feemed, who, with great freedom and 
pertnefs, and in very good Amharic, faid, “ My. father fa- 
Futes you; if ye eat what he eats, ye fhall be very welcome.” 
Taiked him, What that was ?——He faid, “Elephant killed yef- 
terday; and as for camels ye demand, he tells you he has 
none; elephants are his camels, and rhinocerofes are his. 
mules.” | 
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