_ 81 _ than usual because of contrary winds. This town is on the coast of Ethiopia, five leagues from the entrance to the Strait and outside it. Its latitude is eleven degrees North. The land in which it is situated has a great many cattle, both large and small, and is well supplied with butter and milk. It also grows an abundance of wheat, barley and maize, and is therefore very rich in foodstuffs. The land produces also a strong incense and honey from which much white wax is made; and used as merchandise. The town is of a good size and lies on the edge of the sea. The houses are of white-washed stone and of two stones, with flat rooves, as at Aden. Its inhabitants are Arabs and merchants, many with large businesses. They are black for the great part, both men and women. Some are white and are well treated. They had been warned by a message from the pilots from Aden that they were going there with the governor and had therefore largely departed with all their goods wives and children, leaving only a few men and also the gentlemen from certain ships in port, which had some fighting men with them. As they knew the way the governor behaved, they decided not to give him anything and to defend themselves as they could. They therefore did not send any message
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