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TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



LIST of the KINGS of ABYSSINIA, 



"-. - 



FROM 



MAQUEDA, QUEEN OF SABA, TO THE NATIVITY. 



Years 





Years 



Menilek, or Davidl. reigned 4 



Katzina reigned, - 



- 9 



Hendedya, or Zagdur, - 1 



Wazeha, 



1 



Awida, - . - - 11 



Hazer, - 



- 2 



Aufyi, - - ... - 3 



Kalas, 



6 



Sawe, - - - 31 



Solaya, 



16 



Gefaya, - - - 15 



Falaya, 



- 26 



Katar, - - - - 15 



Aglebu, - 



3 



Mouta, - - 20 



Afifena, 



1 



Bahas, - 9 



Brus, 



29 



Kawida, 2 



Mohefa, 



1 



Kanaza, - - -10 



Bazen, - 



- 16 



Menilek fucceeded to the throne in the 986th year before 

 Chrift ; and this number of years muft be exhaufted in the 

 reign of thefe twenty-two kings, when each reign, in that 

 cafe, will amount to more than forty-four years, which is 

 impoffible. The reign of the twenty-one kings of Ifrael, at 

 a medium, is a little more than twenty-two years at an aver- 

 age, and that is thought abundantly high. And, even up- 

 on that footing of comparifon, there will be wanting a great 

 deal more than half the number of years between Menilek 

 and Bazen, fo that this account is apparently falfc. But 

 I have another very material objection to it, as well as the 



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