[49] Kurbayra.

[50] Tigri mahom, should be Tigri măkuănăm.

[51] “Where”, should be “here”; this river, the Mareb, not the Nile, separates the country of the Barnagais from that of Tigré.

[52] This and other passages show that some of the churches in Abyssinia, which are sometimes called Portuguese churches by travellers, are anterior to the Portuguese.

[53] Sic.

[54] This passage appears to have been inserted here by some error of the printer, and to belong to some other chapter.

[55] Pontões.

[56] Sobarbava.

[57] Pliny says Candace was the name of many Queens, as Pharaoh was of the Kings of Egypt.

[58] Mansfield Parkyns calls it a sycamore tree, and says it is remarkable for the extraordinary circumference of its trunk and the great spread of its branches, which cast their shade over such a space of ground as would be sufficient for the camp of the largest caravan.