IS ADOWA. 
angles are round abutments; yet it does not appear to have ever 
been a place of strength, though Bruce has thought proper to re- 
present the buttresses as flanking towers, and the belfry as a citadel. 
" On our way back we turned off to the church of St. Michael, 
which is placed on a rising ground on the east side of the valley. 
It is surrounded on all sides by trees, and is by much the most re- 
spectable in appearance, of any at Adowa. We had by this time 
been joined by our attending crowd ; and on my coming out of the 
church a woman fell at my feet, and implored me to heal her son, 
who was deaf and dumb ; nor was it without great difficulty that I 
was able to get rid of her importunity, by representing to her that 
the performance of such a cure was a miracle, and only capable of 
being effected by the immediate power of God. I found in waiting 
a mule, belonging to the Ras, which Nebrida Aram had sent for my 
use; accordingly I mounted, and proceeded amidst the acclamations 
of an immense throng into the city, 
Adowa, situated on the eastern side of a valley, about a mile 
across, is a place of considerable extent, and has a striking appear- 
ance on account of the multitude of Wanza trees, which are thickly 
planted in the inclosures around the houses. I this day procured the 
flower and fruit, the latter of which is said by the inhabitants to be 
good eating when ripe ; and I found Bruce's drawing of this tree, 
so far as it goes, correct. 
"Adowa supplies great quantities of cloth, principally of a coarse 
quality, which circulates as money through the country, and is the 
principal currency in which the chiefs pay their annual tribute. 
Each piece is about sixteen cubits long, and one and three-quarters 
wide ; its value is thirty pieces of salt, or one dollar. Some of the 
