'The Transactions of the Bombay Geographical Society. From January 1865 to December 1867. (Edited by the Honorary Secretary.) Volume XVIII.' [‎83] (215/268)

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EMPEBOR THEODORUS OF ABYSSINIA, 33
The next day (5th February) they left for Karata and crossed the
S. E. eastern side of the lake from Wandigat, and slept one night on
the island of Bach. The Emperor afterwards came to Zazag on the
S. W. side of the lake, and not more tham 1 0 miles from Karata bv
water. This was after he had destroyed the Districts of Damont and
Metcha.
As Mr. Rassam and his companions were to await at Karata the
arrival of the prisoners, the Emperor sent to Debra Tabor and
brought his European artizans to keep them company. Orders for
the release of Mr. Cameron and the other Prisoners, were given on the
29th of January, but they were not released till the 2.4th February
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owing to the difficulties of travelling. They arrived safely at Karata
on the 12th March. Air. Cameron was at first very weak but rapidly
improved ; all the rest were in perfect health. 18 persons, including 3
children, were made over by the Emperor to Mr. Rassam to conduct to
Aden, or to Egypt if they went via Kharboum. The prisoners who
were in chains at Magdala, were 4 English (one of them the wife of
Mr. Rosenthal), 2 Germans, 2 Frenchmen, and 1 Italian; and the
persons who were detained at Gaffat, near Debra Tabor, were six
Germans (one of them the wife of Mr. Flad), and the three children of
the latter.
During the whole of this time the Emperor treated Mr. Rassam with
the greatest kindness and consideration. He would not allow him to
make presents to any of the people of the Court who had been kind
and civil, but said—“ keep your money for others of my people who
render you service my friend, but if you wish to make any presents to
those of my household, let me know the sum and I will pay it to them
on your part.” He, however, consented to allow him to invest those
of his household with silk garments. He gave general orders that the
servants of the Court should pay to Mr. Rassam the homage due to
the representative of his Friend the Queen of England, and there
fore when they presented themselves before him they always
knelt and touched the ground with their foreheads,. And when
Mr. Rassam arrived by water at Karata, nearly 60 priests, dressed
ln ca nonicals, came out on the beach to meet him, bearing the
symbols of the Abyssinian Church, chanting Psalms and praying for
Mm. And this they did because the Emperor had commanded that
the y should receive Mr. Rassam with the same honours as they would