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his docility, the form of his faddle, bridle, and accoutre- 

 ments. He threw at laft the fandals off his feet, twilled 

 his upper garment into his girdle, and fet off at fo furious 

 a rate, that I could not help doubting whether he was in 

 his fober underftanding. 



It was not long till he came back, and with him a man-fer- 

 vant carrying a flieep and a goat, and a woman carrying a jar 

 of honey-wine. I had not yet quitted the horfe ; and when I 

 faw what his intention was, I put Mirza to a gallop, and, 

 with one of the barrels of the gun, fliot a pigeon, and im- 

 mediately fired the other into the ground. There was no- 

 thing after this that could have furprized him, and it was 

 repeated feveral times at his defire ; after which he went in- 

 to the tent, where he invited himfelf to my houfe at Gondar. 

 There I was to teach him every thing he had feen. We now 

 fwore perpetual friendfhip ; and a horn or two of hydromel 

 being emptied, I introduced the cafe of our fellow-travel- 

 lers, and obtained a promife that we mould have leave to 

 fet out together. He would, moreover, take no awide, and 

 laid he would be favourable in his report to Gondar. 



Matters were fo far advanced, when a fervant of Mi- 

 chael's arrived, fent by Petros, (Janni's brother) who had ob- 

 tained him from Ozoro Either. This put an end to all our 

 difficulties. Our young foldier alfo kept his word, and a 

 mere trifle of awide was given, rather by the Moor's own de- 

 lire than from demand, and the report of our baggage, and 

 dues thereon, were as low as could be wiihed. Our friend 

 likewife fent his own fervant to Gondar with the billet to 

 accompany the caravan. But the news brought by his fer- 

 vant were flill better than all this. Has Michael had aelual- 



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