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‘then perform their facred ceremonies, to which’ none but: 
the heads of families im the Agows .country are’ ever ads 
mitted. | ik ee 
Wuen I fhewed our landlord, Kefla Abay, the dog-ftar, 
(Syrius)-he knew it perfectly, faying it was Seir, ir was the- 
{tar of the river, the meflenger or ftar of the convocation of = 
the tribes,.or.of. the feaft; but J could not obferve he ever. 
prayed to it,.or: looked at it otherwife than one does to a- 
dial, nor mentioned..it with the refpect he did the Abay 3; 
nor did he-fhew any fort of.attention. to the planets, oF to. 
any other ftar whatever... 
On the oth of November, having finifhed my memoran-- 
dum relating to thefe-remarkable places, I traced again on: 
foot the whole courfe of this- river from its fource to the - 
plain of Goutto. Iwas unattended by anyone, having with” 
me only two hunting dogs, and my gun in my-hand.. The:: 
quantity of game.of all forts, efpecially the deer kind, was, 
indeed, furprifing ; but though Iwas, .as. ufual, a very fuc- - 
ceisful {port{man, I-was obliged,: for want of Help, to leave - 
each deer.where he fell. They fleep:in the wild oats, and: 
do not rife till you are about to tread upon them, and ‘then: 
flare at you forhalf a minute before they attempt to run off.. 
Tue only mention I {hall make of the natural ‘produc-- 
tions of this place comes the more properly in: here, as it 
relates to my account of the religion of this people. . In the i 
writings of the Jefuits, the Agows are faid to worfhip canes*; . | 
id 
* Gee a very remarkable letter of Ras Sela Chriftos.to the emperor Socinios, in Balthazar 
Tellez, tom. 2. p,.496, - 
