BERMUDEZ. 
Abyssinian captains having displeased him, he 
caused him to be seized, tied hand and foot, and 
buffetted ; then making some discharges of mus- 
quetiy over his head, the Portuguese amused 
themselves with the paroxysms of terror into 
which he was thrown. This entertainment being 
found agreeable, they betook themselves to firing 
a number of pieces at random among the multi- 
tude, who fled with all the terror and precipita- 
tion that could be wished ; but, hy mischance^ 
two of them were shot dead. These amusements 
of the patriarch do not seem to have been ap- 
proved by the Abyssinian monarch ; as, soon 
after, we find him ordering Bermudez to be ex- 
posed on the top of a precipitous mountain, from 
which, however, he was rescued by the bravery 
of his countrymen. A sort of compromise then 
took place ; Bermudez, though stripped of all 
power, was allowed an ample portion of lands for 
his subsistence, and remained patriarch of the 
Portuguese, while another held that office in re- 
gard to the Abyssinians. 
Bermudez spent also some time in the provin- 
ces of Bali and Doaro (Dawaro), bordering on 
Zeila, though he does not give any particular de- 
scription of them. To the south-west lay a Chris- 
tian kingdom, called Oggi, the sovereign of which 
is tributary to Abyssinia, and received them 
kindly. This prince had a force of 5000 cavalry, 
