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 THE SOURCE OF THE NTLE. 505

fon, becaufe the queen and all the great people in Gondar eat them in Lent without any bad confequenees.

The great elevation of the peninfula of Gorgora makes it one of the heakhieft, as well as beautiful parts of the country, for, out of this neck of land, at feveral different feafons of the year, the inhabitants of the flat country dif- fer from malignant fevers. From Gondar hither we had always been edging down to the lake.

At a quarter before noon we halted to reft upon the banks of a fmail river called Baha ; the country was rich, and cultivated ; great part of it, too, was laid out in paflure, and flocked with an immenfe quantity of cattle. At one o'clock we refumed our journey, going weft fouth- we ft as before; we were apparently turning the north end of the lake as fhort as poffible, to fet our face due fouth to the country of the Agows. At a quarter before three we pitch- ed our tents at Bab Baha, after having travelled five hours and three quarters, which we computed to be equal to twelve miles. The firfi part of our journey this day was not like that of the day before; the road was, indeed, rough, burled through very agreeable valleys and gentle-riling hiils ; it appeared, on the whole, however, that we had afcended con*- fiderably fince we left Gondaiv

The country about Bab Baha is the richefl in AbyfTmia.* this on the fouth, and Woggora on the north, are the two granaries that fupply the reft of the kingdom. Bab Baha is a parcel of final 1 villages, more confiderable in number and ftrength than thofe at Kemona, and is near the lake Tza.- na. The queen and many of her relations have here their

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