Show AUY83INIA fads About Ihs Counsry In Uilrli I thrill < tlsuss th-rill The chief exports nro gold Ivory slates coffee butter honey and wax Abyssinia Is I n very mountainous country Many of tho peaks are always covered with snow The literature of Absslnla amounts to little What there Is I deals with religious matter Tho country Is I so situated that tho climate Is ono of the most salubrious on tho faco of Ibo globe Tho area of the country la nbout SOO 000 square miles Its Inhabitants number num-ber a little over 4000000 Adowa where tho Italians met defeat de-feat Is I the second city In Abyssinia having about 7000 Inhabitants Tho peoplo are mostly agrlculturlits Cotton cloth leather parchment Iron and brass aro manufactured The majority of the Inhabitants of Abyssinia are of the Caucasian race and are well formed and handsome The language the religion and literature liter-ature of tho country Is tho leez which belong to tho Kthloplc clans of languages lan-guages According to the Absslnlans the queen of Sheba was their ruler and from her son Mcnelclc their kings aro descended Tho Oalla race which como from Ibo Roiith constitutes a large part of the soldiery They aro fierce and turbulent turbu-lent Tho word Abyssinia Is derived from the Arabic word Habesch meaning mixture and refers to tho mixed character char-acter of hue people Ab sslnla Is ono of the mod ancient monarchies In Ibo world Until recently recent-ly I however the king was generally nfrnld of his chiefs The prevailing religion of Abyssinia Is a tery corrupted form of Christianity Christian-ity It Is I professed by tho majority of the people and by the reigning prince prin-ce |