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Show Abycsinian Jews Only Jewish Mountaineers The only Jewish mountaineers In the world iM-e said to live lu Abyssinia.. These tribesmen, Fah-.slms as they cut themseives. Inhabit the highlands of what was mice part of the ancSi-nt kingdom of Shlah, the north of the Negus country. The Falashas have a typical Jewish appearance, but lack most of the conventional con-ventional habits and uttrllmtes of that race. Neither they r.or their ancestors have ever engaged lu trade. They are trappers ui;d rarely mingle with the Abyssinians i:i the towns and villages of the lowland. They adhere to the Iiiblkal traditions tradi-tions of the aiuestors, practice the usual rites and perform a rude, imitation imita-tion of the pushover ceremonies. They have neither temples nor rabbis. In the fastnesses of their mountains they preserve In u quaint mahogany casket a venerable parchment copy of the pciiinteuch, which their chiefs allege al-lege came down to them direct from King Solomon through the (Jucen of Siioba. During the coronation of Has Taf-fari Taf-fari us emperor of Abyssinia, representatives repre-sentatives of the Falasha tribes presented pre-sented to the new monarch a copy of the manuscripts which King Solomon sent the Queen of Sheba before they were married. These tire snid to contain con-tain the earl lest known love letters from a mom; re h to his royal consort. |