[143]Ethiopia is nowadays considered to mean Abyssinia, and is the word employed by the ruler of that country to denominate his dominions.
[144]Vide also [Appendix E.]
[145]This lady sent a large (five-ship) trading expedition to Punt, and did much business in gold, incense, and gum, in consequence.
[146]Vide Appendix D, [p. 311.]
[147]e.g., Abu Simbl, Gerf Husên, Derr, Wadi Sebûa, etc.
[148]Referred to by Herodotus (430 B.C.) as Automoloi; their descendants were later known as Sebridæ or Sembritæ, see [p. 319] for an explanation of the story.
[149]Query—the ancestors of the present Bisharin and Ababda?
[150]The inhabitants of Elephantine Island, Aswan, were also thus termed in the 6th century B.C.