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Woldo and Baharncgash Yasous of Dixan, near Bakauko. Yasous 
came up, with all the dependents he Gould muster, to attack the 
former. Their forces, if such they could be called, were said to have 
amounted to five thousand men on each side. In the action Yasous 
was victorious, having killed one hundred and fifty of the opposite 
party, and carried off a band of musicians belonging to Shum Woldo. 
" The district of Agowma has since fallen, by the death of 
Woldo, into the hands of his four sons, Thadoo, Guebra-Gurroo, 
Subagadis, and Aggoos, who for some time were in intimate alliance 
with each other, and conquered many of the villages around, but 
at length quarrelled about the distribution of their new acquisi- 
tions. The Ras favours Thadoo and Guebra-Gurroo, who have been 
for some time in his presence. The latter of the two is however 
considered as a cipher, being a man of weak capacity- In the mean 
time Subagadis and Aggoos are making use of the absence of their 
competitors to get all they can into their own possession; it is sup- 
posed however that Thadoo will soon arrive with assistance from 
the Ras to stop their farther progress, as he has already sent orders 
to the people of Shiha to make a vigorous defence till he comes to 
their succour. 
About ten in the morning Hadjee Abdallah was sent for by 
Aggoos, who, I was given to understand, was the chief of Calaut ; 
and shortly afterwards, having made proper enquiries, he did us 
the honour of a visit, attended by a large train of warriors, of whom 
a few were armed with matchlocksj and the rest with spears and 
shields. He appeared to be little more than twenty years of age, 
handsome in person, but fierce and rude in his manners ; he briefly 
told us, that he was absent when we arrived, otherwise we should 
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