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KMth parallel of nortli latitude. Hence we may probably be jusbfied m inferring 
lUt legends which attribute to them an origin in the unmediate vicinity ot Abcasuiia 
■at}L ^e without any suflicient foundation. Or. at the most, they should be conaidered 
urelatingonly to the tribes inhabiting the kingdom of Shoa and its ‘'‘cmity, wbo are 
»adoseiy connected, and have a common jioint of union on the banks ol the river 
Hiibh, to the south of Sboa, where they meet to worship a laree tree, callud Wodi- 
^bi*. It is however proper to remark that ToUe*t owerts, that the distnc ^ U' 
feiKweeii Biili and tlie ocean ore the proper country and (‘“^‘‘ft'oti of the Uaitaa. 
Aid iKoriiiug to the ilo/tamtneilaiis of the coast, m r»-ported by M. d AbbaUic ini* 
uan deritw it* origin from three sislerw, daughter* of Jenwalcm, to whomarc ap- 
}IMtr»liti(»s$itTiilar hi character to the relation* in Geiiwh, vi. d, and xix. dO. incir 
psgoiywfl said to hove invaded the kingdom* of the *imlh, t. e. Arabia; whence 
4 »t cfw*ed over into .\frica by 13.ib-el-Maildi‘b. . , . i* • 
hut, who describes at »ojinc length the Uallaa a* they existed m uw time m 
Alaainia^, conriders that originally they probably lived under or beyond the hue, 
ud ht states that they all agree that when the nation advanced tn the Akcsainiw 
Jwticfv they were then in the centre of llio emtiuout. ’I'lic ground boginning to r«“ PJ 
Wtru them, some of their tribes or natioiiH filed oil' to the enst toward the Indian 
and after making bellleinont* there and multiplying cxcecdinglyi they marched 
kmiils due north into Bdii and Dawaro, Another division of seven trtbea went on 
to thf Wrtt, and spread iliemselve* round the auiith side of |he rivet jVb^, and ad 
*bnr it* bank* mirod Gtijjam; while a third division, likewise of seven tnuca, rc- 
towiitii in the centre due south of Shoa. 
— o, iii.u provinw, oeyoiiii me Kinguujjj m — 
•^{WOtly to the louth of Irurtlgie,—and on the oppoillc bide of a bahr ^uke or large 
n’lTtlk which separated it from the country of tho AoihiiraB or AHiristiaiis of Abes- 
The Gallae were then the rudest savages, without the knowledge of any arU, 
clothing, without agriculture, without cattle, oven without any food^ cxcei't 
“I'miit of trees and root® dug up by them with tlieir hands. This description cor- 
^«iiU with that which at the present day the Giillas givo of the Dbkos, a auvago 
yo^l* Slid to inhabit tho comiirlcs south of Kdtlii aiiu Difimyaro, of wlioin, as a 
nation, verj' Btrango tale* have hecu related^. As liowever the word Doko 
(ralla langiingu means “slupuV or “ ignorant,” it may be questioned whether 
term ii not used in the laine indeiinito seuso hr mir expresBion “ savage,” wilhout 
wjlg pro|HTly applicftblo tu any particnlav rnco of people. A wouiau of the Amharas 
Unuian* (»o proceeds the legend) sent ncrois the hnhr u boat, in which were 
^ dothiug, aupear. a shield, and other nrticlci. Tlie arrival of tlieae novelties 
^ed die wonder of the savage Gnllat . Tliey tasted the lirst, put on the second, 
^ the me of the other* ; and being pleaaed with them, tlioy ernased the lahf in 
iw'” poasMsor* of inurv. By io doing they came in contact with the 
•wiani. This led to quarrels and wars; and the GallaB, conquering their onp^ 
• •••!.» *v«4 W UUU tValD| UIIU VM***^wv* " I i 
. across their country, dividing the population into two part*, of which 
^«IW tbrotins in the AbesriniH of the present day, while tlio other inhabits tho 
“j^fOTthMlOlhcSOUth. 
•diS wWch exists among the Gaiks of Guderu, has the merit of being m 
nnha***** tbs' forjner Christian inhabitants of the south of Abes- 
f» m. divided into two parts by the irruption of the pagan Gallaa. 
day, a Chrisliaii population c.xista in Katfa and the neighbouring 
ei; though, from ibocoaclmiivc evidence of the longuages oftliese people , they 
’ A.k*^** * &c.,' vol. i. p. 4 5. t 
See ulw llarrU, w< 4 Travels, foe. crt. 
■twit u ®*^^fdca|ei«rilly do not distinguish bciwecii a lake ami a large mer; so 
? “y "'hid* of the two *(• here meant. , n i 
0478 « ^ ‘ “'ihlands of .Eihlopja ( 2 ad edit.), vol. id. V- <>3 dseq. JoumaJ of tlw Royal 
feedings of the Philological Society, vol ii. p. 91 et ttq. 
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