Shoa and the Shoans.

Shoa proper and Efat—Limits and contents of the two divisions— Population and some physical characteristics—Form of government—Religion and priesthood—Literature and sacred books—The monophysitism of Shoa—Doctrine of the three births, and civil war arising out of it—Conquest of Shoa by King Theodorus—Immorality of Shoa—Concubinage, marriage, and marriage laws—Slavery—Superstition—The “detective” system of Shoa.