a kind of Abyssinian slaves very frequent in the empire of Hindoostan. They come mostly from a province subject to the Negus of Ethiopia, called Innariah, to the south of his other dominions, and bordering upon Negroland in Africa; from whence they are selected, and a great traffic made of them over all Mogolistan and Persia; but it is chiefly from the ports of Arabia and the Red Sea that they are brought. Nothing can be imagined more smooth and glossy, and perfectly black, than their skin; in which they far surpass the negroes on the coast of Guinea; and, generally speaking, have not any thing of their thick lips, though otherwise as woolly haired as they. They are highly valued for their courage, fidelity, and firewood; in which they so far excel, as often to rise to posts of great honour, and are made governors of places under the title Siddies.