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MOCHA. 
commonly called the kingdom of the Baharnegash, which may be 
considered as comprising the districts of Hamazen, Kote, Seah, 
Kude Falasha, Egella, Serawe,* Maisella,t Dixan, Halai, Tsama, 
(commanded by Baharnegash Subhart) Logo, Rivai-Munnai, 
Gehase, (Debib\s district) and Zewan Bur,J or Upper Bur, the 
district of Shum Woldo, which are all now ruled by separate 
cbieftainSj styled either Shum, Kantiba, or Baharnegash, of whom 
I have had occasion to speak sufficiently in the course of my 
different journies through their respective territories. 
The second division of Abyssinia (coloured blue in the map) is 
always termed by the natives of the country Amhara, an appella- 
tion, in all probability, retained on account of the language pre- 
vailing there, notwithstanding that the province, § properly so 
called, has, for a long time, been, almost entirely, in the possession 
of the Galla. This division comprehends the provinces of Be- 
* Tudde Ayto rules over the Seraw6, and is now dependent on the Ras. 
t Governed by Ayto Gasso, a servant of the Ras. 
X This word means "pass," and has a connection with the Bur taakti or lower Bur in 
the hands of the Hazorta on the coast. These constituted, I have no doubt, the great road 
from Adul^ to Axum. 
§ The Galla, who have conquered Amhara, have since adopted, in a great measure, the 
more civilized manners of the Abyssinians, dressing in the same way, and living in the same 
style. The following names of districts in Amhara (mentioned by Ludolf) were recognised 
by intelligent persons with whom I conversed on the subject at Chelicut, though, as their 
relative situations could not be ascertained, many of them have not been inserted in the 
map ; Anbasit, Atronsa-Mariam, (under the rule of Liban, but still inhabited by Chris- 
tians) Barara, Beda Gadel, Daj, Demah, Feras Bahr (under Gusmati Tumro, dependent 
on Liban, inhabitants still Christians) Ganeta-Georgis, Gel, Geshen, Makana Selass^, 
bordering on Shoa and under the ruler of that province, Malza (under Liban), Shelga 
(nearLasta) Zedbaba»Mariam, Waro (under Liban) Wanz Egr (near Feras '1 Bahar, and 
on the borders of the Bashilo) and Zar-amba, inhabited by Christians, under Liban^ 
the borders of Shoa. 
