Wanderings Among the Falashas in Abyssinia: Together with a Description of the Country and Its Various Inhabitants. Illustrated by a Map and Twenty Engravings of Scenes and Persons, Taken on the SpotWertheim, Macintosh, and Hunt, 1862 - 322 עמודים |
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עמוד 187 - I /th century a chequered and independent existence. With the fall of their ruler, and the capture of their strongholds, the Falashas were driven from their rocky homes, and forced to seek a refuge in the midst of their enemies, the detested Amharas. The provinces where they at present reside are Dembea, Quara, Woggera, Tschelga, and Godjam, where their settlements are strikingly distinguished from the Christian villages by the red earthen pot on the apex of their mesquid, or place of worship, which...
עמוד 185 - The most probable conjecture is, that at a very early period — perhaps when Solomon's fleet navigated the Red Sea — some adventurous Jews, impelled by love of gain, settled among the pleasant hills of Arabia Felix ; whilst others of a more daring and enterprising spirit were induced to try their fortunes in the more remote, though not less salubrious, mountain scenes of Ethiopia.
עמוד 186 - Judith, they maintained till the beginning of the 17th century a chequered and independent existence. With the fall of their last ruler, and the capture of their strongholds, the Falashas were driven from their rocky homes, and forced to seek a refuge in the midst of their enemies, the detested Amharas.
עמוד 185 - Felix ; whilst others of a more daring and enterprising spirit were induced to try their fortune in the more remote, though not less salubrious, mountain scenes of Ethiopia. The Queen of Sheba's visit to Solomon, whether she reigned over both or only one of those countries, is an incontestable proof that the wise King's fame had spread far beyond his own empire. To subjects of a monarch so renowned...
עמוד 155 - I thought it advisable to try the effect of strong liquid ammonia on the nerves of the Evil One. The place being dark, faggots were ignited ; and in their bright flickering light we beheld a mass of dark figures squatted on the wet floor around a rigid, motionless, and apparently dead woman. I instantly applied my bottle to her nose ; but although the potent smell made all near raise a cry of terror, it produced no more effect on the passive and insensible patient, than if it had been water from...
עמוד 305 - Abyssinian churches], is the highest act of Christian devotion. Fasts are observed most rigorously ; and the wretch who is rioting in every shameful vice will shrink with horror from the man who touches animal food during the interdicted seasons. Vice and immorality are even regulated by a peculiar ecclesiastical code ; and a conscientious sinner will not hesitate to consult his spiritual adviser as to the day and hour when he may with impunity break a divine law.
עמוד 192 - See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
עמוד 160 - She is possessed,' and certainly her ghastly smile, nervous tremor, wild stare, and unnatural howl, justified the notion. To expel the zar, a conjuror, as in the bouda complaint, was formerly considered indispensable; but by dint of perseverance the medical faculty of the country, to their infinite satisfaction, have at length made the happy discovery that a sound application of the whip is quite as potent an antidote against this evil as the necromancer's spell.