252 TRAVELS. TO DISCOV ER 
who is the moft powerful in Abyffinia, all thefe come from: 
Arabia, and not one can be purchafed without his knowing: 
to: whom it goes, and: after! his sania had_the © fini refufah. 
of ite, 
SrrE, a> province about twenty-five milés broad,’ and“ not — 
much more in length, is reckoned_as part of Tigré alfo, but: 
this is nota new ufurpation. It loft the.rank! of.a province,. 
and was united to Tigré for:the mifbehaviour-of its gover- 
nor Kafmatt Claudius, in an expedition-againtt the Shangalla 
in the reign of.Yafous the Great... In my time, it began 
again to get into reputation, and was by Ras Michael’s own. 
confent disjoined’from: his province, and given firft to his. 
fon Welled Hawaryat, together.with:Samen, and,.after his 
death, to Ayto Tesfos, a. very amiable man,. gallant foldier, . 
and good ofizcer; who, fighting bravely in the-king’s fervice 
at the battle of:Serbraxos, was there wounded. and taken: 
prifoner, and died ‘of his wounds afterwards. . 
Arter pafling the Tacazzé, the boundary between Sire: 
and Samen, we come to that mountainous provincec alled 
by the laft name. A: large: chain of rugged mountains, . 
where is the Jews Rock, (which:I.fhall often mention as 
the higheft), reaches from the fouth of Tigré down near to » 
Waldubba, the low, hot country that bounds Abyfliniaon : 
the north. It is: about 80 milés in length;: in few places 
30 broad, and in-fome much lefs.. It is im great part 
pofféfled by Jews, and there Gideon and Judith; king and. 
queen of that nation, and, as they fay, of the houfe of Judah, 
maintain ftill their ancient. lovers and religion from 
very.early times, | 
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