4i8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER
Arabs, to aflc them who thofe were that had ^ taken away ourcamcL
In one of the huts he found the king's fervant regaling himfelf ; upon which he faid to him, " I fuppofe, Mahomet; you have taken charge of that camel, and will hring it with you to Sennaar; it has your mafter's prefctits, and mine alfo, upon it:" and faying this, he rode off to join us, and to punilh thofe that had taken the camel, who, we were fure after this notification, muft follow us. We kept on at a verv briflc pace, for it was eleven o'clock before they came up to where we were encamped for the night, bring- ing our camel, which they had taken, along with them, with an Arab on horfebaek, attended with two on foot, and with them the king's fervant. I did not fcem at all to have underftood the affair, only that robbers had taken away our camel. But it did not fit fo eafy upon the Arabs, who did not know there wa& any with us but the king's fervant, and v/ho wanted to frighten us for not making them a pre- fent for eating their grafs and drinking their water. At jEirft, Adelan's fervant refufed to take the camel again upon any terms, infifting that the Cohala ffiould carry it to vSen^ naar ; but, after a great many words, I determined to make peace, upon condition they fliould furnifh us with milk, wherever they had cattle, till we arrived at Sennaar. This was very readily confented to ; and as this affair probably was owing to the malice of the king's fervant, lb it ended: without further trouble.
On the 24th, we fet out at half after five in the morfi> ing, and paffed through fevcral fmall villages of Cohala on the right and on the left, till at eleven- we came to the ri- ver
