BOOK V.

ACCOUNT OF MY JOURNEY FROM MASUAH TO GONDAR--TRANSACTIONS THERE--MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABYSSINIANS.

CHAP. I.

_Transactions at Masuah and Arkeeko_, 1

CHAP. II.

_Directions to Travellers for preserving Health--Diseases of the Country--Music--Trade_, &c. _of Masuah--Conferences with the Naybe_, 31

CHAP. III.

_Journey from Arkeeko over the Mountain Taranta, to Dixan_, 64

CHAP. IV.

_Journey from Dixan to Adowa, Capital of Tigré_, 93

CHAP. V.

_Arrive at Adowa--Reception there--Visit Fremona--And Ruins of Axum--Arrive at Siré_, 118

CHAP. VI.

_Journey from Siré to Addergey, and Transactions there_, 152

CHAP. VII.

_Journey over Lamalmon to Gondar_, 172

CHAP. VIII.

_Reception at Gondar--Triumphal Entry of the King--The Author’s first Audience_, 197

CHAP. IX.

_Transactions at Gondar_, 233

CHAP. X.

_Geographical Division of Abyssinia into Provinces_, 248

CHAP. XI.

_Various Customs in Abyssinia, similar to those in Persia_, &c.--_A bloody Banquet described_, &c. 262

CHAP. XII.

_State of Religion--Circumcision--Excision_, &c. 313