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he recited consisted of the same words, were pronounced in the 
same tone and were offered tip with the same fervour of devotion 
which I had before so often listened to with delight : and, when 
the ceremony was concluded, the good old man delivered out his 
orders for the day with a patriarchal simplicity and dignity of 
manner that was really alFecting to contemplate. With this 
impression, still warm on my mind, we ascended one of the hills 
in the neighbourhood, and, from the top of it, beheld a scene that, 
as one of my companions remarked, was alone a sufficient recom- 
pense for the trouble of passing Taranta. A thousand different 
shaped hills were presented to the view, which bore the appearance 
of having been dropped on an irregular plain ; and the different 
shades and depths which the varied aspect of these hills presented, 
as the sun emerged from the horizon, rendered the scene truly 
magnificent. 
From this point the following set of bearings was taken with a 
theodolite: 
Mountains of Adowa, - - Nonus — S. 26|^* W. 
Extreme of the same mountains, 9° 4' — S. 35f W. 
Amba Tookeli, - - - 13 19 
Mai-sana, - - - - 23 4 
Ade-owe, - - - 62 57 ■ 
Gowitska, - - - - 72 36 
Computed direction of Massowa, 175 19 
Pass of Taranta, - - - 218 34 
Bur4 - - - - - 299 0 
Agame, - - - 322 0 
Cashaat, - - - - 325 4 
Tigre Micone, - - - 327 26 
Esse nearly on a line with the first bearing, — S. 26« W. 
