[Footnote 50: I do not know whether the women drink much _tedj_, but even the ladies of the land did so in Bruce’s time. He was in Gondar when “Ozoro Esther’s sister, the Iteghe’s” (queen-mother’s) “youngest daughter was married to Powussen, the governor of Begemder. The king gave her large districts of land in that province, and Ras Michael a large portion of gold, muskets, cattle, and horses.” On this occasion “the Ras, Ozoro Esther, and Ozoro Altash entertained all Gondar. A vast number of cattle were slaughtered every day, and the whole town was one great market: the common people, in every street, appeared laden with pieces of raw beef, while drink circulated in like profusion. The Ras insisted upon Bruce’s dining with him every day. After dinner they slipped away to parties of ladies, where anarchy prevailed as completely as at the house of the Ras. All the married women ate, drank and smoked like the men; in fact it is impossible to convey to the English reader, in terms of proper decency, any idea of this bacchanalian scene” (Head’s “Life of Bruce,” pp. 297, 298). In Parkyns’s time a wedding-feast was an orgy of the same kind for all classes and both sexes. And as there is a complete absence of _gêne_ in the conduct of modern Abyssinian women in other respects, I have little doubt that they still favour the _tedj_ when the mood prompts them.] [Footnote 51: “Mittheilungen der Afrikanischen Gesellschaft in Deutschland,” vol. iii. p. 27.] [Footnote 52: “Asked about the trade prospects in Abyssinia and the projected American commercial mission, Mr. MacMillan said, ‘The greater part of the trade of Abyssinia is already in American hands. The principal import is white cotton sheeting, which every Abyssinian wears, all of which comes from the United States. I do not see that there is much possibility of further development in the trade as far as this sheeting—which is everywhere known as Amerikani—is concerned; the supply has already reached its maximum. There may be some possibilities in the case of oil, which at present comes from Russia. As a matter of fact there is no money in the country.” (_Egyptian Gazette_, October 21, 1903.)] [Footnote 53: Quoted in “Abyssinia Described,” by J. C. Hotten, p. 129.] [Footnote 54: Dufton, “A Journey through Abyssinia,” p. 63.] [Footnote 55: “Abyssinia,” p. 124.] [Footnote 56: “Modern Abyssinia,” by Augustus Wylde, p. 345.] [Footnote 57: “Life in Abyssinia,” by Mansfield Parkyns, p. 278.] [Footnote 58: Ib. p. 254.] [Footnote 59: “Modern Abyssinia,” p. 369.] [Footnote 60: See p. 120.]