ABSTRACT

Christian remnants—Gurague and the slave trade—Kambat— Wolamo—Kucha—The Golda negroes—Susa—Junction of the Gojob and Omo—Reported snow-mountain —Traces of Christianity in Susa—Curious transfer of episcopal breath for consecration—Bilbo on the Dokos, a nation of pigmies—Account of the Dokos—Are they the pigmies of Herodotus ?—An alleged Doko seen by the author—Concurrent testimony to the existence of a nation of pigmies—Kaffa and its Queen, Balli—Abundance of cotton and cotton clothing—Salt and its value—Herodotus and the early Troglodytes—The Gojob and Dilbo’s account of it—Identity of the Gojob and the Jub—River system of those countries—Enarea, its king, religion, &c.; value as a coffee-producing country—Its commercial importance if the Gojob should be found navigable—The civet-cat, &c.— Senjero—Female slavery and its origin—Human sacrifices— Evidences of an early civilization in the regions watered by the Gojob.