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way saw a hysena lying dead in the road, of the same species as the 
one Captain Rudland killed at Dixan, but much larger ; it had been 
killed by spears. 
" St. Mariam affords nothing worthy of remark ; it is built exactly 
in the same style as the churches already described, but is inferior in 
every respect. We were attended by a crowd of the inhabitants, 
who pressed forward to get a sight of us, shouting and laughing, 
and the women making a clapping noise peculiar to themselves, 
all expressive of their pleasure and astonishment. 
" We now proceeded westward out of the town, crossing the 
plain, and a stream called Assa, till we arrived at another called the 
Mai Gogua, which runs northward with great rapidity down the 
valley. After riding along the bank of this stream about three quar- 
ters of a mile, we crossed it, and ascended a hill immediately be- 
yond, on which stand the remains of the convent of Fremona, as it 
was called by the Jesuits, by whom it was founded ; but this name, 
if ever adopted by the inhabitants, is now wholly unknown. Within 
the walls, which are at present in ruins, stands the church of St. 
George, a poor and wretched edifice in the form of a parallelogram, 
with the internal walls painted in the usual style. The roof is an 
awkward and imperfect attempt at a dome. On the north side of 
the church is the appearance of a large tank or pool, and upon a 
small and higher eminence at the extremity of the northern 
brow of the hill, is a square building, with an open door- way on 
each side, in which is hung a large bell marked with Etliiopic cha- 
racters. The outer wall, and all the inclosed buildings, are com- 
posed of small stones, laid very inartificially, and cemented with 
mud. Some parts of the wall are still thirty feet high, and at the 
