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should visit Tecla Georgis at Waldubba, and Welleta Solomon at 
Axum ; that though the former place was not indeed in his domi- 
nions, yet as it belonged to his friend Ras Gabriel, we might go 
thither in perfect safety. I then requested a copy in Arabic of the 
History of Abyssinia, from the reign of Joas to the present time ; 
he told me in reply that the chronicles were kept at Axum, and 
that he would take care I should not be disappointed. On my 
shewing him the drawings in Bruce's volume, he said that he knew 
Yagoobe well ; he came into Abyssinia after the battle of Fagitta, 
and afterwards went to the head of the Nile. 
Nothing more passed at this interview, except some trifling con- 
versation, which being ended, we left the hall, and did not again 
see the Ras during the day. It being a public fast, we had provi- 
sions brought up to our private apartments. No person had been 
permitted to come near us, and our persons were kept quite secured 
from the gaze of the vulgar, 
" We have had rain, thunder, and lightning every afternoon 
since our arrival. The thermometer was 6^°, and the weather very 
wet and cold. 
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