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fon, becaufe the queen and all the great people in Gondar 
eat thei in Lent without any bad confequences.. 
Tue great elevation of the peninfula of Gorgora makes 
it one of the healthieft, as well as beautiful parts of the 
eountry; for, out of this neck of land, at feveral different 
feafons of the year, the inhabitants of the flat country fuf- 
fer from malignant fevers. From Gondar hither we had 
always been edging: down to the lake. 
Ar a quarter before noon we halted to reft upon the 
banks of a. {mall river-called Baha; the country: was rich, 
and cultivated; great part of it, too, was laid: out in paiture, 
and ftocked: with: an immenfe quantity of cattle: At one 
e’clock we refumed our journey,. going weft fouth-weft as 
before ; we were apparently turning: the north end of the 
lake as fhort as poilible, to fet our face due fouth to the 
country of che Agows. Ata quarter before three we pitch- 
ed our tents at Bab Baha,. after. having travelled. five hours. 
and three quarters, which we computed to be equal to.twelve 
miles. The firft part of our journey this day was not like 
that of the day before; the road was, indeed; rough, bur led. 
through very agreeable valleys and gentle-rifing hills; it 
appeared, on the whole, however, that we had afcended cons. 
fiderably fince we. left.Gondar.. 
‘Tue country about Bab Baha is the-richeft in Abyffinia 3, 
this on the fouth, and Woggora on the north, are the two. 
granaries that fupply the reft.of the kingdom.. Bab Baha is 
a parcel of {mall villages, more confiderable in number and 
firength than.thofe at Kemona, and is near the lake Tzu 
na. The queen and many of her relations have here their 
f haufes. 
