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by doing good for evil; and therefore I keep you to the oath you have fworn, and defire my friend the Fit-Auraris to fet the man at liberty, and put him in the place he held before, for he has not been undutiful to you."
I need not fay what were the fentiments of the company- upon the occafion; they feemed to be moil favourable to me;, old Guebra Ehud could not contain himfelf, but got out o£ the dark corner, and fqueezed both of my hands in his; and turning to Falil, faid, " Did not I tell you what my brother Aylo thought about this man?" Welleta Michael faid, " He was juft the fame all through Tigre." Fam, in a low voice, replied, "A man that behaves as he does may go thro' any country." They then all begged that I would take care of my wound, looking at the blood upon my trowfers. I told them it was already ftaunched ; and turning to Fafil, faid, "We. white people, you fee, are not fo terrified at feeing our own blood as you fuppofed we were." He then defired that the tent might be cleared for a fhort time, and we all went- out.
About ten minutes after, I was called in to partake of a- great breakfaft ; honey and butter,and raw beef in abundance, as alfo fome ftewed diihes that were very good. I was very hungry, having tailed nothing fince dinner the day before;, and I had had much exercife of body as well as of mind. We were all very chearful, every one faying fomething about the Agows, or of the Nile ; and Fafil declaring, if it was peace, he would carry me to his country acrofs the Nile as- far as the kingdom of Narea. I thanked him. " You are at- peace, faid I, with the King and the Ras, and going to meet themat Gondar." — " At Gondar, fays he, no ; I hope not
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