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had kindly put a part of this district under the command of 
Dejos Gabriel of Samen. It would have been no great matter 
had he given him the whole ; for the country for some miles 
around exhibited a complete bed of sandy rock, scarcely admitting 
of cultivation. Some laudable attempts appeared to have been 
made by the natives towards clearing a few spots on the sides of 
the hills, but their labours had not produced any very favourable 
effects ; the little soil with which the rock was covered possess- 
ing all the bad qualities belonging to that in the Nayib of Mas- 
sowa's territory, yielding nothing, except stones, weeds, thorny 
bushes and acacias. I was informed, that the most valuable 
produce of the country consists of cotton, a considerable quantity 
of which is raised in the neighbourhood of the river, and as this 
article fetches a good price at Adowa, it makes up in some degree 
for the want of grain, under which the district labours. In the 
course of the day, we passed a village called Adellet, and in the 
evening reached Gorura, where we were presented with a cow, 
and were otherwise treated with hospitality. 
On the 13th, Mr. Fearce rejoined us, and having again crossed 
the Arequa, we proceeded byway of Agora and Cali to Chelicut, 
where we arrived on the 16th of April. I computed the extent 
of oor journey into the country to have amounted to about sixty 
miles in a due west direction. On our return we experienced 
precisely the reverse of those changes in the thermometer, which 
are mentioned to have occurred in our descent to the Tacazze. 
The Has received me on my return with great cordiality, and 
on the following day did me the greatest honour which it was in 
his power to confer, by paying me a visit at my own house. I 
