[138]“Life in Abyssinia,” pp. 160, 161.

[139]Ib. p. 277.

[140]“Life of Bruce,” by Major Head, p. 266.

[141]“Abyssinia,” p. 276 seq.

[142]“The Highlands of Ethiopia,” vol. iii. p. 139.

[143]Ib. p. 138.

[144]Major Head, “Life of Bruce,” p. 265.

[145]Ib. p. 268.

[146]“Modern Abyssinia,” pp. 361, 362.

[147]The Alaka is the superior of a monastery or other head of an ecclesiastical establishment.