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which, by fome fatality, the reafon I do not know, the road 
of all caravans to Gondar mutt lie. 
As foon as we pafled the Anzo, immediately on our right 
is that part of Waldubba, full of deep valleys and woods, 
in which the monks ufed to hide themfelves from the in- 
curfions of the Shangalla, before they found out the more 
convenient defence by the prayers and fuperior fanctity of 
the prefent faints.. Above this is Adamara, where the Ma-— 
hometans have confiderable villages, and, by their populouf- 
nefs and ftrength, have greatly added to the fafety of the 
monks, perhaps not altogether completed yet by the purity | 
of their lives. Still higher than thefe villages is Tchober,, 
where we now encamped.. 
On the left hand, after paffling the Anzo, all is Shahagaa- 
aah, till you come to theriver Zarima, It extends in an eaft. 
and welt direction, almoft parallel to the mountains of Sa~ 
men, and in this territory are féveral confiderable villages. 
the people are much. addicted to-robbery, and rebellion, in 
which they were engaged at this time. Above Salentis Ab- 
bergale, and-above that Tamben, which is one of the princi-. 
pal provinces in Tigre, commanded at prefent by Kefla Ya= 
fous, an officer of the greateft merit and reputation in. the: 
Abyffinian army.. 
On the 6th, at fixo’clock in the morning, we left Tcho=-- 
ber, and paffed a wood on the fide of the mountain. Ata 
quarter paft eight, we croffed the river Zarima, a. cleav 
fream.running over a bottom of ftones. Itis aboutas large 
as the Anzo. Onthe banks of this river, and all this day; 
we paffed under trees larger and more beautiful than any 
we 
