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at Lamalmon, and infifted upon his fuffering us to depart. 
On the other hand, he threatened to fend us to Ayto Tesfos. 
I anfwered, “ Ayto Tesfos was a friend to Ayto Aylo, under 
whofe protection I was, and a fervant to the Iteghé, and was 
_likelier to punifh him for ufing me ill, than to approve of 
it, but that I would not fuffer him to fend me either to Ayto 
Tesfos, or an inch out of the road. in which I was going.” 
He faid, ‘‘ That I was mad ;” and held a confultation with 
his people for about half an hour, after which he came in 
again, feemingly quite another man, and faid, he would 
difpatch us on the morrow, which was the 3d, and would 
fend us that evening fome provifions. And, indeed, we now 
began to be in need, having only flour barely fufficient to 
make bread for one meal next day. The miferable village 
on the clift had nothing to barter with us ; and none from 
_the five villages about the Shum had come near us, proba- 
bly by his order. As he had foftened his tone, fo did I mine. 
Agave him a {mall prefent, and he went away repeating his 
promifes. But all that evening pafled without provifion, 
and all next day without his coming, fo we got every thing 
ready for our departure. Our fupper did not prevent our 
fleeping, as all our provifion was gone, and we had tafted 
nothing all that day fince our breakfaft. 
Tue country of the Shangalla lies forty miles N. N. W. 
of this, or rather more wefterly. All this diftrict from the 
‘Tacazzé is called, in the language of Tigré, Salent,.and Ta- 
_lent in Amharic. This probably arifes from the name being 
originally {pelled with (Tz), which has occafioned the dif- 
ference, the one language omitting the firft letter, the other 
the fecond, | 
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