Plate 11, portrait of fit aurari zogo, attacking a foot soldier. Fit-aurari zogo, died in 1808. We had not proceeded far on our journey when mr. Pearce, ayto debib and myself separated by some accident from our company, when it was determined that we should make a short excursion, out of our way, to pay a visit to the ozoro asquall, the lady in command of the district. She was one of the daughters of ayto manasseh, who had been given in marriage by her friends, when very young, to fit-aurari zogo, a gallant chieftain whom i had seen at the celebration of the maskal in 1805. After his death, which happened in 1808, she had proved a kind protector to mr. Pearce, until she had again been forced into a marriage by the ras with one of the chiefs of temben, with whom she had since seldom resided. Rather choosing to remain on her own estates, which, it may be here observed, ladies of rank always retain after marriage, together with their maiden names. On our road we had to traverse a steep pass which led us into a fertile valley, and soon afterwards into a fertile valley and soon afterwards to lofty hill on which stood the mansion of the ozoro. Engraved by pollard after a picture by h. Salt, from george viscount valentia's 'voyages and travels to india, ceylon, the red sea, abyssinia and egypt', vol. 3, page 133. Date: May 1809.
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