...upon the ground on the skin of some great wild beast, which did duty as a carpet. This room was also their library, and on my remarking the number of books...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices ; they are then enclosed...

...upon the ground on the skin of some great wild beast, which did duty as a carpet. This room was also their library, and on my remarking the number of books...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which arc occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices ; they are then enclosed...

...what I saw around me formed a very considerable ac dap. VI II. AN ABYSSINIAN LIBRARY. 97 cumulation of manuscripts, considering the barbarous state of...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in 98 AN ABYSSINIAN LIBRARY. Chap. VIII. rude and...

...considerable accumulation of manuscripts, considering the barbarous state of the country from which they came. height of the top of the door, and on this shelf stood...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices : they are then enclosed...

...whether all the libraries of Abyssinia are arranged in the same style. The room was about twenty -six feet long, twenty wide, and twelve high; the roof...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices : they are then enclosed...

...twenty-six feet long, twenty wide, and twelve high ; the roof was formed of the trunks of palm-trees, across which reeds were laid, which supported the...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices : they are then enclosed...

...the outer wall. This was the college or consistory of the Abyssinian monks. .... This room was also their library, and on my remarking the number of books...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices ; they are then enclosed...

...the roof was formed of the trunks of palm trees, across which reeds were laid, which supported the_ mass of earth and plaster, of which the terrace roof...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices ; they are then enclosed...

...garden, and its lock, which was of wood also, was of that peculiar construction which has been used hi Egypt from time immemorial. A wooden shelf was carried...way, sometimes in red leather and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rode and coarse devices ; they are then enclosed...

...across which reeds were laid, which supported the mass of earth and plaster, of which the terrace-roof was composed. The interior of the walls was plastered...sometimes in red leather, and sometimes in wooden boards, which are occasionally elaborately carved in rude and coarse devices : they are then enclosed...