i€ TRAVELS TO DISCOVER'. 



here they are : my doubt, which gave rife to this long pri- 

 vate converfation, was, whether you would take them home 

 yourfelf ; or, if you have a confidential fcrvant that you can 

 trull, let him take them, fo that it be not known ; for if the 

 Naybe" 



" I understand every thing that you fay, and every thing 

 that you would fay. Though I do not know men's hearts 

 that I never faw, as you do, I know pretty well the hearts 

 of thofe with whom I live. Let the piftols remain with 

 you, and mew them to nobody till I fend you a man to 

 whom you may fay any thing, and he fhall go between 

 you and me ; for there is in this place a number of devils, 

 not men ; but, Ullab Kcrim, God is great. The perfon that 

 brings you dry dates in an Indian handkerchief, and an 

 earthen bottle to drink your water out of, give him the 

 piftols. You may fend by him to me any thing you choofe, 

 In the mean time, fleep found, and fear no evil; but never 

 be perfuaded to trull )Ourfelf to the Cafrs.of Habeih at Ma- 

 mah." 



On the 20th of September a female flave came and 

 brought with her the proper credentials, an Indian hand- 

 kerchief full of dry dates, and a pot or bottle of unvarnifh- 

 ed potter's earth, which keeps the water very cool. I had 

 fome doubt upon this change of fex ; but the Have, who was 

 an Abyffinian girl, quickly undeceived me, delivered the 

 dates, and took away the piftols deftined for Achmet, who 

 had himfelf gone to his uncle, the Naybe, at Arkeeko. . 



On the 21ft, in the morning, the Naybe came from Ar- 

 keeko. The ufual way is by fea ; it .s about two leagues 



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