Travels Through Part of Africa, Syria, Egypt, and Arabia, Into Abyssiania, to Discover the Source of the Nile; Performed Between the Years 1768, and 1773 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1835 Excerpt: ...attempts to procure specimens of these horns, through Bajerund Janm, residing at Adowa, but without success. They are in great request throughout Abyssinia, for holding liquors; and are sent thither as valuable presents by the chiefs ot the Galla. part they had met with since they ascended Lamalmon. At seven in the morning, the next day, they proceeded still along the plain; at half-past seven came to Arradara; and afterward saw above twenty other villages on their right and left, ruined and destroyed from the lowest foundation by Ras Michael in his late march to Gondar. At half-past eight the church of Man am was about a hundred yards on their left. At ten they encamped under Tamamo. The country here is full of people; the villages are mostly ruined, which, in some places, they are rebuilding. It is wholly sown with grain of different kinds, but more especially with wheat. For the production of this, they every where extirpated the wood, and now labour under a great scarcity of fuel. Since they passed Lamalmon, the only substitute for this was cow's and mule's dung, which they gather, and make into cakes, and dry in the sun. From Addergey hither, salt is the current money, in large purchases, such as sheep or other cattle: cohol, and pepper, for smaller articles such as flour, butter, fowls, &c. They began to find the price of provisions augment in a great proportion as they approached the capital. Early on the 14th they continued their journey, and in ten minutes' time had five villages of Tamamo three miles on their left: their road was through gentle rising hills, all pasture ground. At half-past seven, the village of Woggora was three miles on their right, and at eight, the church of St. George a mile on their left, with a village of the same name ...