CHAPTER VIII 
Character of the Ras— Short sketch of his Life — Mode of spending our time at Chelicut — 
Some account of Kasimaj Yasous^ and his sister Ozoro Mantwab — Recollections 
respecting Mr. Bruce in Abyssinia, by a learned man named Dofter Esther — General 
remarks respecting that traveller — Journey to the Tacazze^Some account of Chelika 
Negusta — Ant^lo — Call — Agora — Character of Guebra Mehedin — Province of Aver- 
gale — Description of the Agows — Views of the mountains of Samen — Wild plains 
abounding in game — River Arequa — Change of climate and scenery as the party con 
tinues to descend — Arrival at the Tacazze — Shooting of the hippopotamus — Extraor- 
dinary dread of the Crocodile entertained by the Abyssinians — Return to Chelicut 
Visit from the Ras — Conference held with him — Removal to Antalo^ — Abyssinian horse- 
manship — Conclusion of Lent — Feast on the following day — Amusements of the Abys- 
sinians — Short account of the Shangalla — Parting from the Ras, on our return to 
Chelicut. 
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