Select Specimens of Natural History Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Volume 5.Bruce, James
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Select Specimens of Natural History Collected in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile. Volume 5.
Bruce, James
Natural history -- Egypt; Natural history -- Ethiopia; Nile River; Plants -- Egypt; Plants -- Ethiopia; Scientific expeditions -- Egypt
---- sails round Africa, i. 467
Excision practised by the Abyssinians, iii. 347
F.
Facilidas, his prudent conduct, ii. 374
---- defeats the rebel Serca Christos, ii. 386
---- banishes the Catholics, ii. 402
---- his death and character, ii. 418
Falasha or Jews, their language, i. 404
---- account of them, i. 484
Farek, or Bauhinia Acuminata, Appen. 57
Fasil Waragna, made governor of Damot, ii. 673
---- quarrels with Ras Michael, ii. 697
---- defeated by him, ii. 705
---- defeated at Fagitta, ii. 714
---- defeated at Limjour, iii. 460
---- makes peace with the king, iii. 466
---- author’s interview with him in his camp, iii. 510
---- gives the author leave to visit the sources of the Nile, iii. 530
---- his artful conduct with Socinios, iv. 35
---- declares for Tecla Haimanout, iv. 43
Fatima, queen, surrenders to the Abyssinians, ii. 303
---- prudent conduct with Socinios, ii. 305
Fennec, Appen. 128
Ferriana, account of, Introd. 33
Fidele, the Shekh of Teawa his character, iv. 352
---- the author’s first interview with him, iv. 357
---- his deceitful conduct, iv. 362
Fit-Auraris, account of that officer, iii. 400
Fly, tsaltsalya, zimb, or cynomyia, i. 388
---- its wonderful effect, i. 388, 389
---- mention made of it by Isaiah, app. 390
Foosht, island, i. 329
Funge, iv. 458
---- slavish character, iv. 459
Frumentius converts Abyssinia to Christianity, i. 509
Furshout, i. 114
G.
Gafats, account of them, i. 402
Gaguedi, Appen. 52
Galla, account of that nation, i. 402. ii. 216
Gawa, ruins, vol. i. p. 96
Geesh, province conferred on the author, iii. 472
Geeza, Pyramids, i. 41
---- not the ancient Memphis, i. 59
Geez language of the shepherds, i. 424, 5
Gerri, iii. 667 iv. 517
Gibbertis, account of them, ii. 9
Gingiro, kingdom, i. 320
Gir Gir, or Geshe el Aube, appen. 47
Gojam, province of Abyssinia, iii. 256
Gondar account of it, iii. 380
Goog, village, iv. 20
Guangoul, description of him, iv. 99
Gurague, their mode of stealing, iv. 148
Gusho, his character, ii. 700
---- conspires against Michael, iii. 375
---- deceives Fasil, iii. 465
---- marches to Gondar, iii. 481
---- author’s interview with him, iii. 482
---- defeated at Serbraxos, iv. 144
---- offers the king terms of peace, iv. 146
---- refused, iv. 151
---- the author’s second interview with him, iv. 204
---- his army invests Gondar, iv. 229
---- forces Michael’s army to surrender, iv. 231
---- created Ras, iv. 240
---- his bad conduct, iv. 244
---- flies from Gondar, iv. 246
---- taken and put in irons, iv. 247
---- released, iv. 260
H.
Habesh, meaning of that word, i. 397
Halouan, island of the Nile, i. 71
Hanno’s periplus explained, ii. 552
---- vindicated, ii. 564
Henry king of Portugal, his ardour for promoting science, ii. 95
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