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another, each ruled by its peculiar chief, respectively at enmity 
among themselves, and the character of the people essentially 
varying, according to the districts in which they have settled. 
The two larger divisions of the Galla, known under the gene^ 
ral appellation of the Edjow, live under the rule of the two chiefs 
above mentioned, Gojee and Li ban. The most powerful of the 
two is said to be Gojee, which seems to be owing chiefly to his 
personal prowess ; for the other commands a greater extent of 
country, keeps a larger body of horse, and is allowed by Gojee 
himself to assume the higher title of Imaum. The latter gene- 
rally resides in a district called Werho-Haimanot, close by the 
river Bashilo, antl part of his subjects are more civilized than 
the rest of their countrymen. I saw several of the former 
at the court of the Ras, and their manners, dress, and habits, 
seemed by no means inferior to those of the Abyssinians ; indeed 
they are said to have become so completely naturalised in Am- 
hara, that most of the principal people speak the language of the 
country, and dress in the same style. This improvement in their 
habits is in a great measure, I conceive, to be attributed to their 
having adopted the Mahomedan religion, which, with all its 
faults, has here, at least, tended in a certain degree to humanize 
its followers, and has led to the abolition of those inhuman 
rites and practices, which heretofore had disgraced the character 
of the eastern natives of Africa. 
The subdivisions of the Edjow Galla are numerous: those 
under Gojee are called Djawi and Tolumo, while those com- 
manded by Liban are styled Wochali, Woolo, and Azowa ; to 
the north-east of which reside the more barbarous tribes of the 
