Works, Volume 107Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 59
... head rests is crescent - shaped . . . . This form of pillow is very necessary to people who , from the custom of having their hair fancifully tressed and arranged and plastered with butter , could not lay their heads on any ordinary one ...
... head rests is crescent - shaped . . . . This form of pillow is very necessary to people who , from the custom of having their hair fancifully tressed and arranged and plastered with butter , could not lay their heads on any ordinary one ...
Page 61
... head . The rest hangs from all parts of the head and over the neck in many little plaits . They soak it in unrefined butter which seems an odd perfume to us . Men , especially youths , are worse about this for they have more styles than ...
... head . The rest hangs from all parts of the head and over the neck in many little plaits . They soak it in unrefined butter which seems an odd perfume to us . Men , especially youths , are worse about this for they have more styles than ...
Page 74
... head , for he who has that position is , under the King , head of all the great men of the empire . He is the chief coun- sellor and minister both in peace and war , though he applies himself more to the latter and is usually ...
... head , for he who has that position is , under the King , head of all the great men of the empire . He is the chief coun- sellor and minister both in peace and war , though he applies himself more to the latter and is usually ...
Contents
BIBLIOGRAPHY | xiii |
ABBREVIATIONS | xix |
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION | xlviii |
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Abay Abba Abba Bagibo Abyssinians Adel Agau AJIB Aksum Alicô Almeida Almeida's map Amba Ambassador Amharic Andre de Oviedo Bahrey Bali Beccari Begameder Borana Bruce Cafres called Cecchi century Cerulli CHAPTER Cheesman Christian Christôs church circumcised coast court crossed Dambeâ Damot Dawaro district Dofar east Emperor empire Enarya entered Ethiopia Ethiopic Father Antonio Fernandes ford gada Galla give Gojam gold grade Grañ Guma Gurage Hadiya Hamelmal Hamitic Harar holy India inhabitants Jesuits Jimma João journey Kafa killed King Kingdom Lake Tana land leagues Lebna Dengel letters live lords luba Macuâ Maleg Manquer Mareb Massawa miles Moors Moslem mountains Mul'ata Nareâ Nile Páez Parkyns Portuguese province Qondala reached river Robale route Sagad Sarsa Dengel sent Shoa Sidama side stone Suaqhem Susneyos territories Tigrê tribes Viceroy Wolamo word XVI HSD XVIII AJIB Yeshaq Zeila