CHELICUT. 
39S 
These observations place Chelicut farther to the westward than 
I have ventured to remove it, on account of Mr. Bruce' s longi- 
tude of Gondar and the result of several sets of bearings taken in 
my different journies ; in consequence of which, I have been 
induced to take a medium between the bearings and the lunars 
for the map. 
Before we left Chelicut, I purchased from a nephew of the Ras 
a small Abyssinian mare, which was considered as one of the 
best in the country ; having been brought as a present to the Ras 
from the province of Gojam near the sources of the Nile. I was 
afterwards fortunate enough to bring this animal safe to England ; 
and as I had become a good deal attached to it from having daily 
fed it with my own hand during a long and precarious voyage, I 
felt anxious with respect to its future treatment : I therefore took 
the liberty of offering it to his Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, 
who was graciously pleased to accept it ; and it has since, as I 
understand, enjoyed the pleasure of roaming at large in the park 
at Hampton Court. 
At ten o'clock, on the 5th of May, we set out on our journey, 
and were accompanied for a few miles by the Prince Kasimaj 
Yasous and some other acquaintance we had made at Chelicut, 
who had expressed a strong desire to pay us this last complinient. 
Among these was a very ingenious man who held the office of 
chief painter to the Ras. Considering the very slender means of 
In page 365, 25th should be 28th, and in page 367, 26th should be 29th. These errors 
arose from mistakes made in copying my original Journal, 
