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counfcl together, and came all forward to the river, where 

 they paufed a moment as if counting our number, and 

 then began to enter the ft re am, Yafine now cried to them 

 in Amharic, as I had done before in Tigre, defiring them, as 

 they valued their lives, to come no nearer. They ftopt, a 

 fign of no great refolution ; and, after fome altercation, it 

 was agreed the Shum, and his fon with the gun, fhould 

 pafs the river. ■ 



The Shum complained violently that we had left Ad- 

 dergey without his leave, and now were attacking him in his 

 own government upon the high-road. " A pretty fituation," 

 faid I, " was ours at Addergey, where the Shum left the 

 king's flranger no other alternative but dying with hunger, 

 or being ate by the hyasna." 



"This is not your government," fays Janni's fervant ; " you 

 know my mailer, Ayto Aylo, commands here." — " And who 

 is attacking you on the road ?" fays the Sire fervant. " Is it 

 like peaceable people, or banditti, to come mounted on 

 horfeback and armed as you are ? Would not your mules and 

 your foot-fervants have been as proper ? and would not you 

 have been better employed, with the king and Ras Michael, 

 fighting the Galla, as you gave your promife, than here 

 molefting paffengers on the road ?"— " You lie," fays the 

 Shum, " I never promifed to go with your Ras ;" and on 

 this he lifted up his whip to ftrike Welleta Michael's fer- 

 vant ; but that fellow, though quiet enough, was not of 

 the kind to be beaten. " By G— d ! Shum," fays he, " offer 

 to ftrike me again, and 1 will la)- you dead among your 

 horfe's feet, and my mailer will fay I did well. Never call 

 for your men ; you fhould have taken the red flip off your 



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