Works, Volume 107Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 51
... killed a lion in our country in Tigrê near Maegogâ ; it was eight covados , measured from the tail to the neck . The peasant killed it by himself , waiting for it in the meadow with no weapons except two zargunchos . The lion was savage ...
... killed a lion in our country in Tigrê near Maegogâ ; it was eight covados , measured from the tail to the neck . The peasant killed it by himself , waiting for it in the meadow with no weapons except two zargunchos . The lion was savage ...
Page 114
... killed by them . Then the Dawe began to make war on the Christians , and at that time the author of this history prophesied and said , ' I fear him who killed Fasil , for he has tasted Christian blood . ' And they devastated the two ...
... killed by them . Then the Dawe began to make war on the Christians , and at that time the author of this history prophesied and said , ' I fear him who killed Fasil , for he has tasted Christian blood . ' And they devastated the two ...
Page 160
... kill it , squeezing its head between his teeth . When this has been done they carry the dead King's body to the grave ... killed along with a white sheep . The king's body was laid on the cow - skin , and the sheep - skin , formed into ...
... kill it , squeezing its head between his teeth . When this has been done they carry the dead King's body to the grave ... killed along with a white sheep . The king's body was laid on the cow - skin , and the sheep - skin , formed into ...
Contents
BIBLIOGRAPHY | xiii |
ABBREVIATIONS | xix |
NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION | xlviii |
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