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remarks, that, from Ave to the coast he experienced summer and 
harvest time ; while the winter prevailed from Ave to Axum, 
and vice versa.* 
At one o'clock we arrived near Dixan, and rode up imme- 
diately to my former habitation, situated at the bottom of the 
hill on which the town is built. Here the Baharnegash Yasous 
came out to receive us, and greeted us with the hearty welcome 
of an old acquaintance. The venerable aspect of this respectable 
chief, his mild and agreeable manners, and the remembrance of 
the services he had rendered us on a former occasion, added a 
peculiar gratification to our meeting, and the plentiful stock of 
maiz and other good cheer hospitably provided for our enter- 
tainment, after the hard fare we had been obliged to rest satisfied 
with on our journey, raised the whole party before evening into 
very exhilarating spirits. 
March 4. — At the break of day the well known sound of 
the Baharnegash's voice calling his family to prayers excited my 
attention, when I immediately arose and joined his party. At 
this moment, the interval of four years, which had elapsed since 
my former visit, appeared like a mere dream. — The prayers which 
* De coeli quoque constitutione dicere opoftet quae est ab Ave ad Auxumin, contra 
enim sestas illic et hiems accidit. Nam sole Cancmm, Leonem et Virginem obeunte, ad 
Aven usque uti et nobis eestas est summaque coeli siccitas, et ab Ave Auxumin versus et 
reliquam Ethiopiam hiems est vehemens non integro quidem ilia die, sed quae, a meridie 
semper et ubique incipiens, coactis nubibus aerem obducat, oram illam inundat. Quo 
etiam tempore Nilus late Egyptum pervadens, maris in modum, terram irrigat. Cum 
autem sol, Capricornum, Aquarium et Pisces perambulat, aer vice vers^ Adulitis in Aven 
usque imbribus regionem inundat ; in iis vero qui ab Ave Auxumin caeteramque Ethiopiam 
versus jacent aestas est, et matures jam fructus terra praebet. Vide Nonnosus in Photii 
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