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Ma:tsuA, from the flatnefs of the country, not draining 
foon after the: rains, is in all places wet, but in’ many, miry’ 
and marfhy ; it produces little or no corn, but depends en- 
tirely upon a plant called Enfete*, which furnifhes the 
people both with wholefome and delicate food throughout 
the year. For the reft, this province abounds’in large fine: 
éattle, re breeds fome indifferent horfes. | t onli 
Unon ake micuea above Maitfha, iz the country of 
the Agows, the richeft province ftill in Abyffinia, not- 
withftanding the multitude of devaftations it has fuffered. 
They lie round the country above defcribed, from Aforma- 
fha to Quaquera, where are the heads of two large rivers, 
the Kelti and Branti. Thefe are called the Agows of Damot; _ 
from their nearnefs to that province,in contradiftinétion to 
the Agows of Lafta, who are called Tcheratz-Agow, from. 
Toes, a principal town, tribe, and diftrict near Lafta and: 
Begemder. 
Tus Gafats, inhabiting a fmall diftri& adjoining to the 
Galla, have alfo diftinct languages, fo have the Gallathem-. 
felves, of whom we have often {poken ; they are a large’na-. 
tion, 
From Dingleber all along the lake, below the mountains. 
bounding Guefgué and Kuara, is called Dembea. This low 
province on the fouth of Gondar, and Woggora the fmall 
high province on the eaft, are all fown with wheat, and are: 
the granaries of Abyflinia.. Demiben feems once to have: 
eam 
** See the article enfete in the appendix. 
