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existing throughout between the manners of this people and those 
of the Jews previously to the reign of Solomon, at which period the 
connections entered into by the latter with foreign powers, and the 
luxuries consequently introduced, seem in a great measure to have 
altered the Jewish character. For my own part, I confess, that 
I was so much struck with the similarity between the two nations 
during my stay in Abyssinia, that I could not help fancying at 
times that I was dwelling among the Israelites, and that I had 
fallen back some thousand years upon a period when the King 
himself was a shepherd, and the princes of the land went out, 
riding on mules, with spears and slings to combat against the 
Philistines. It will be scarcely necessary for me to observe, that 
the feelings of the Abyssinians towards the Galla partake of the 
same inveterate spirit of animosity which appears to have in- 
fluenced the Israelites with regard to their hostile neighbours. 
The Ras finding that he could make only a trifling impression 
on the enemy he had to encounter, burnt the town of Mokiddo, 
and left the country ; having previously made over the district 
to Thadoo, one of the brothers of the rebellious chieftains, whose 
force was supposed to be more than sufficient to repel any aggres- 
sion the latter might dare to undertake. 
On the first day the Ras's army marched to Adegraat, thence 
to Gullimuckida, and on the third to Seraxo, a small district be- 
longing to Ayto Welleda Samuel, who being firmly attached to 
the Ras's cause, orders were issued to the troops to abstain from 
every species of plunder. Three days afterwards the army passed 
through Saw a and Rivai Munnai, and arrived at Gehase, a small 
district belonging to Mr. Pearce's friend Ayto Debib. Here some 
