The Sacred City of the Ethiopians: Being a Record of Travel and Research in Abyssinia in 1893Longmans, Green and Company, 1896 - 309 pages |
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Page 88
... sent out expressly from Italy . The road we were now traversing is known as the Mangadi - negous , or king's highway , the road which for generations has been one of the principal entrances into Abyssinia ; it is nothing but a mule ...
... sent out expressly from Italy . The road we were now traversing is known as the Mangadi - negous , or king's highway , the road which for generations has been one of the principal entrances into Abyssinia ; it is nothing but a mule ...
Page 98
... sent by Deghetch Ambeh , Governor of Adoua , and a rela- tion of Ras Mangashah , to welcome us ; and with now quite a formidable army our caravan started about one o'clock on the last stage of its journey to Adoua . We soon entered a ...
... sent by Deghetch Ambeh , Governor of Adoua , and a rela- tion of Ras Mangashah , to welcome us ; and with now quite a formidable army our caravan started about one o'clock on the last stage of its journey to Adoua . We soon entered a ...
Page 101
... is the residence of the Abouna , or head of all the Abyssinian Church , sent from the Coptic Church in Egypt . At present , however , there is a dispute between the Abyssinian and Alexandrian Christians , ON THE ROAD TO ADOUA 101.
... is the residence of the Abouna , or head of all the Abyssinian Church , sent from the Coptic Church in Egypt . At present , however , there is a dispute between the Abyssinian and Alexandrian Christians , ON THE ROAD TO ADOUA 101.
Page 103
... sent out by Portugal almost succeeded in converting the whole of Ethiopia , and establishing there the papal supre- macy . The fact that they did not quite succeed , and that they have left absolutely no trace behind them of their ...
... sent out by Portugal almost succeeded in converting the whole of Ethiopia , and establishing there the papal supre- macy . The fact that they did not quite succeed , and that they have left absolutely no trace behind them of their ...
Page 104
... sent back word concerning the things he saw to the King of Portugal , and the condition of the Ethiopian Church ; but there are very meagre details concerning his stay ; and whether he was for- cibly detained by the Abyssinian emperor ...
... sent back word concerning the things he saw to the King of Portugal , and the condition of the Ethiopian Church ; but there are very meagre details concerning his stay ; and whether he was for- cibly detained by the Abyssinian emperor ...
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