sentences:  There were rough tracks to the west of Lake Tana which met at Gorgora and a better road ran east to Debra Tabor, also garrisoned and Dessie.At Kulkaber, from Gondar, the road passed between Lake Tana and the hills; from Debra Tabor to Dessie, it was a soil road and impassable in rain.The possession of the Wolchefit and Kulkaber mountain passes was instrumental for attacking Gondar.