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and plunder ; into thefe they always relapfe; ee 
‘mity follows in confequence. chide 
Tue country of the Agows, called Agow Midré, from its 
elevation, muft be of courfe temperate and wholefome ; the 
.days, indeed, are hot, even at Sacala, and, when expofed to 
the fun, we are fenfible of a fcorching heat; but whenever 
you are feated in the fhade, or ina houfe, ea temperature 
is cool, as there is a conftant breeze which makes the 
fun tolerable even at mid-day, though we are here but 10° 
from the Line, or a few minutes more. 
Tuoucu thefe Agows are fo fortunate in their climate, 
they are not faid to be long-livers; but their precife age is 
very difficult to afcertain to any degree of exactnefs, as they 
have no fixed or known epoch to refer to; and, though 
their country abounds with all the Was as of life, their 
taxes, tributes, and fervices, efpecially at prefent, are fo mul- 
tiplied upon them, whilft their diftreffes of late have been 
fo great and frequent, that they are only the manufacturers 
of the commodities they fell, to fatisfy thefe conftant exor- 
bitant demands, and cannot enjoy any part of their own 
produce themfelves, but live in mifery and penury {carce to 
be conceived. We faw a number of women, wrinkled and 
> ae 
fun-burnt fo as fcarce to appear human, wandering about. 
under a burning fun, with one and fometimes two children 
upon their back, gathering the feeds of bent grafs to make a 
kind of bread. 
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