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were determined to make up as speedily as possible for tlie 
restraint which had so long been laid upon their appetites. 
The Ras himself was in excellent spirits, and in the course of the 
entertainment presented me his own brulhe to drink out of, 
tilled with red wine, which was considered as so very singular a 
favour, that it seemed to astonish all the chiefs who were present. 
Among these, were Baharnegash Yasous, Baharnegash Subhart, 
and Kantiba Socinius, who had, I found, all been expressly 
sent for by the Ras, for the purpose of securing their good beha- 
viour on my return. To each of these, as well as to our own 
party, a cow, and a large quantity of maiz was sent in the course 
of the day by the Has, in order to regale our respective followers, 
and, in consequence, towards evening, as might well be expected, 
scarcely an Abyssinian was to be found throughout the town, 
who was not considerably affected by the quantity of liquor he 
had drank during the celebration of the festival. 
I afterwards understood, that preparations had been making 
for this feast for full, three weeks, and that followers of the Has 
had been sent out to a considerable distance, in different directions, 
to collect a sufficient quantity of sadoo" {the bitter root with 
which the maiz is impregnated,) for the occasion. This kind of 
feasting and holiday-making lasted for several days. In the course 
of this time the Ras received a visit from some of the chiefs of the 
Assubo Galla from the south, residing near Muntilli, in the 
neighbourhood of the salt-plain, where formerly a mart of great 
consequence was held by the traders, who had been accustomed 
to assemble there from the most distant parts of the country. 
These Galla wore garments similar to those of the Abyssinians, 
