. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 39°25 L . of GreenwicK 'sQ-e?- Depths. 0 to 32 Feet. 32 to 80 Feet. 80 Feet and upwards. 2^ ]Mile8. completely free to the trade of Abyssinia. This port of the Eed Sea is therefore, if not politically at least commercially, more than ever a natural dependency of Abyssinia, and its importance, already considerable, cannot fail to increase rapidly if peace is maintained on the plateaux. Detached forts command the approaches of the town and mark the limits of an intrenched camp in which the Egyptian governor formerly maintained a corps of 3,000 troops.

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