Show NEW RUI RULER ER OF ABYSSINIA woman Is now chief of that i Y esque country the of ancient history Out zero Ze odita daughter of rate menella Men ellk has been beem proclaimed empress em of abyssinia sibe Is forty years bluj the empress succeeds eeds emperor llda jease who has been deposed ab 1 sinla Is one of the most interesting nations of the earth it Is the swift Sv itz echi erland nd of africa it Is one third larger than great britain it occupies the mountainous regions of the varby barby of af the upper nile extending to thelow the ahw low er end of the red eed sea and over the thel watershed toward the indian ocean the land Is fertile yielding the product of all climes some of themi three crops a year bananas dates sugar cotton gropes grapes oranges lemons and coffee all nourish flourish and on the table lands hay oats and barley are cultivated abyssinia is the only independent native stafean state in africa it has fine public improvements modem agricultural implements and many of the best conveniences of civilized livin irving 9 abyssinia Is the ethiopia of ancient history christian herald |