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of age, was not with his grandfather in the army, nor was 

 he then at home, but at Gondar. However, his mother, 

 Ozoro Welleta Michael, was at home, and her houfe juft on 

 the hill above. One of the king's fervants had ftolen away 

 privately, and told her what had happened. The fame 

 evening, a party was fent down to the village, who took 

 the ringleaders and carried them away, and left us for the 

 night. They brought us a prefent alfo of provifions, and 

 excufes for what had happened, warning us to be upon 

 our guard the reft of the way, but they gave us pofitive af- 

 furance, at the fame time, that no action had happened be- 

 tween Fafil and Ras Michael ; on the contrary, it was con- 

 fidently reported, that Fafd had left Bure, and retired to Met- 

 chakel, where, probably, he would repafs the Nile into his 

 own country, and ftay there till the rains mould oblige Mi- 

 chael to return to Gondar. 



On the 2 2d, we left Selech-lecha at feven o'clock in the 

 morning, and, at eight, paffed a village two hundred yards 

 on our left, without feeing any one ; but, advancing half a 

 mile further, we faw a number of armed men from fixty to 

 eighty, and we were told they were refolved to oppofe our 

 paffage, unlefs their comrades, taken the night before, were 

 releafed. The people that attended us on the part of Welle- 

 ta Michael, as our efcort, confidered this as an infult, and 

 advifed me by all means to turn to the left to another vil- 

 lage immediately under the hill, on which the houfe of 

 Welleta Michael, mother to Welleta Gabriel their governor, 

 was fituated ; as there we mould find fufficient aililtance to 

 force thefe opponents to reafon. We accordingly turned to 

 the left, and marching through thick bullies, came to the 

 top of the hill above the village, in light of the governor's 



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