[Illustration: Frontispiece C. Johnston, del. T & E Gilks, Lithʳˢ VIEW OF ABHIBHAD LAKE, FROM SANKARL. J. Madden & Co. Leadenhall Sᵗ.] TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN ABYSSINIA, THROUGH THE COUNTRY OF ADAL TO THE KINGDOM OF SHOA. BY CHARLES JOHNSTON, M.R.C.S. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: J. MADDEN AND CO., LEADENHALL STREET. M DCCC XLIV. MACINTOSH, PRINTER, GREAT NEW STREET, LONDON. CONTENTS TO VOL. II. CHAPTER I. PAGE Staying at Farree.--Alarm of Galla attack.--Return to Kokki.--Women of Kafilah carried into slavery.--Five Gallas killed.--Triumph of Hy Soumaulee victors.--Return to Dinnomalee.--The Wallasmah Mahomed.--Seizure of the letters.--Return to Farree. 1 CHAPTER II. Detained at Farree.--No news from Ankobar.--Fear all is not right.--Escape from my confinement.--Reach Garcia Mulloo.--Followed by officers of Wallasmah.--Compromise matters.--Return to Farree.--Brutality of Wallasmah.--Planning escape to the coast with Hy Soumaulee.--Arrival of Mr. Scott from Ankobar.--Chief cause of my detention. 12 CHAPTER III. Staying at Farree with Mr. Scott.--Both placed under parole.--Description of the houses of Farree.--Of the flour mill.--Some remarks upon the origin of the Amhara.--Dr. Prichard upon identity of the Amhara with the Automali of Herodotus.--Physical characters of the people.--Interview with the Wallasmah.--Saltpetre rock.--Province of Efat.--Take leave of Escort.--Tyrannical conduct of the Wallasmah. 24 CHAPTER IV. Leave Farree for Ankobar.--Description of the road.--Aliu Amba.--Road to Ankobar.--Incidents of the journey.--Vale of the Dinkee river.--Valley of the Airahra.--Effect of denudation.--Ankobar.--British Residency.--Start for Angolahlah.--Ascent of the Tchakkah.--Road to Angolahlah.--The town of Angolahlah.--Meet superior officers of Mission. 48 CHAPTER V. Staying at Angolahlah.--Waterfall into the Tcherkos river.--Difficulty in obtaining the stores.--Journey to Ankobar. Female slaves of the Negoos.--Belief of the Shoan Church.--Father Tellez.--Vegetables introduced into Shoa. 67