CALL 
M7 
After leaving the vale of Chelicut, which forms one of the most 
delightful spots in Abyssinia, we passed two streams, running 
eastward, (Mai Afguo], and Mai Gulwa,) and proceeded for- 
wards up a gradual ascent, until we reached Antalo, the capital 
of Enderta, which stands on the side of a mountain, commanding 
an extensive prospect towards the south. About twenty miles 
from Antalo lies the strong-hold of El Hadje, in which the 
state prisoners are confined, and in the same direction may be 
distinguished, on a clear day, the high mountains of Salowa and 
Bora. Here w^e perceived a sensible change in the atmosphere, 
and the thermometer at mid-dav was 65*. 
On the following day we left Antalo, at half past seven o'clock, 
and having passed through a rich and highly cultivated part of 
Enderta, which seemed to be well supplied with water, entered the 
district of Wazza. We afterwards descended two steep preci- 
pices, which brought us, in the evening, to a rude and picturesque 
village, called Call, situated in a nook of the mountains in the 
district of Saharti. 
On the 7th we left Cali, and traversed a wild and uncultivated 
track of land, abounding with game of every description. The 
general character of this country reminded me strongly of the 
scenes which I had often admired in the interior of the Cape, 
where a broad expanse of dark brushwood surrounds the traveller, 
beyond which, the tops of distant mountains are seen to rise, of a 
transparent purple hue, conveying the idea of an immeasurable 
chasm existing between them and the country over which you 
are passing. It was in this manner, for the first time, that we 
beheld the mountains of Samen, rearing their lofty summits 
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