Chapter D: Dahalac, island, i. 348

Damot, province of Abyssinia, iii. 257

---- massacre there, i. 526

Dancali, kingdom, ii. 82

Darius, his expedition, i. 454

David III. defeats the Moors, ii. 137

---- distresses his Portuguese allies, ii. 136

---- attacked and defeated by the Moors, ii. 161

---- distresses of the king, ii. 163

---- fortitude, ii. 166

David IV. assembles the clergy, ii. 577

---- puts to death the Catholic priests, ii. 580

---- calls a second meeting of the clergy, ii. 588

---- insulted by them, ii. 589

---- punishes them, ii. 590

---- poisoned, ii. 591

Desan, cape, i. 443

Dembea, province, iii. 258

Dendera, ruins, i. 103

Denghel Sertza, defeats the Moors, ii. 228

Denghel Sertza defeats the Turks, vol. ii. p. 233

---- his death and character, ii. 235

Diodorus Siculus, his account of Meroe, iv. 542

Dixan, town, iii. 85

Dugga, ruins, Introd. 23

E.

Eagle, Golden, appen. 155

---- Black, appen. 159

Egyptians, customs of, iii. 290

Egypt, not the gift of the Nile, iii. 672

El Adda, app. 193

Elephant, manner of hunting him described, iv. 296

Enoch, book of, i. 497

Ensete, app. 36

Ergett Y’Dimmo, app. 34

Ergett el Krone, app. 35

Erkoom, app. 169

Esther, Ozoro, marries Michael, ii. 699

---- her cruelty to the murderers of Mariam Barea, ii. 700

Ethiopia, that word ill applied, has rendered the scripture obscure,
i. 405 to 410

Eudoxus, his first voyage, i. 465

---- second voyage, i. 466

---- 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

---- attempts a passage round Africa, ii. 96

---- sends an embassy to Abyssinia, ii. 103

Herodotus, passage of his explained, ii. 562

---- account of the Nile’s rise, iii. 685

Hieroglyphics founded on observation of the dog star, i. 412

---- absurd opinion concerning them, i. 415

Hor-Cacamoot, account of that place, iv. 324

Hyæna, description of, appen. 107

Hybeer, iv. 536