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of the soldiers, in opposition to orders^ having committed various 
acts of hostility, the old Ras was so exceedingly enraged, that 
he mounted his horse, rode to the spot, and was with difficulty 
restrained by the chiefs from slaying, with his own hand, one of 
those who had been concerned in these disorders. 
^ On the following day the expedition took place, which I have 
before mentioned, to Zewan Bure, while, at the same time^ an 
attack was made upon the district of Zoldi, where upwards of 
three thousand cattle were said to have been taken in one day, 
besides immense quantities of corn : in consequence of which the 
whole camp exhibited, for some time, a continued scene of 
festivity and confusion. After staying a week at this place, the 
Ras crossed the plain of Zarai into the districts of the Serawe, 
and thence proceeded to the borders of Hamazen ; where, in fre- 
quent skirmishes with the Shangalla, (whom the Abyssinians 
barbarously consider it a kind of sport to hunt down), the Ras 
lost fourteen men. The inhabitants of Hamazen are said to bear 
a very distinct character from the rest of the Abyssinians, and 
seem in many respects to be more nearly allied to the Funge, 
who reside in the neighbourhood of Senaar ; being dark in their 
complexions, strong limbed, desperate in character, and fighting 
with two-edged swords. ' . ' 
At this time Lent having set in, the Ras took up an encamp- 
ment near Adebara, in a beautiful and fertile plain lying on the 
bank of the river Mareb, which constantly ssipplied his table with 
various kinds of fi,sh. Mere two powerful chiefs of the country, 
named Guebra Mascal aad Ayto Solomon,' came in, with great 
splendour, to pay their tribute, and, soon afterwards, the Ras 
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