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load c^iiskts of eigb-tj: OHly, pays i5LiE:e, and' a loaded' ass, six ; 
wliilfe men wiA tlieir- torth.eBs^ aFe pei:niitted to pass free. 
On the IQtlxthe party: ascended Sen afe, wMek is. said tohe foil 
as- high, though not- so difficiilt to pass over, as Taranta. At the 
summit a complete change of seasons was experienced, and in- 
stead of continued rain and tenapestnoiis weather, the sky became 
ttndonded, and they found the inhabitants busily engaged in 
gathering in their corn. Here they stopped at a village to refresh 
themselves, and at three proceeded tliJfOiigli a rich and fertile 
country, which at six o'clock, brought them to, a large^ town, 
called: Hammee, where they staid fbr'the^ nigh.t. 
On the 17th. they continued^ their journey to IMrbe, and on 
the. 18th> they reached Chelicut. Here, for a short time, they 
i;emained unnoticed on the green, Mr. Pearce being absent with 
the Has at Antalo. At last one of the priests came out, and took 
them to a house which had belonged to Ayto Manasseh, a brother 
of the Mas, who. had died-, only two days before. Two or three 
kundred people were at this time assembled, celebrating the 
' toscar' or ' feast for the dead and most of them had their faces 
torU: and their heads shaven, in order to express, their sorrow 
for the loss of the deceased. Mr. Coffin, was. conducted into the 
midst of this., assemblage:, and placed at the head of the room. 
Soon afterwards, Mr. Pearce arrived; from Antalo, and; OO; the 
following morning, they proceeded together to _ that place, where 
Mr. Coffin., had an immediate interview with tlie Mas. 
" On the following day, my letter being read, the Ras, in com- 
pliance with its contents, ordered Mr. Pearce, Ayto Bebib, and 
one of his chief men of business, Hadjee Hamood,. to prepare for 
