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when he faw him ftand upright upon his legs, and jump 

 forward, or afide, with all four feet off the ground. 



We pafTed the brook of St Raphael, a fuburb of Gondar, 

 where is the houfe of the Abuna; and upon coming in fight 

 of the palace of Kofcam, we all uncovered our heads, and rode 

 flowly. As Aylo was all-powerful with the Iteghe, indeed 

 her nrit counfellor and friend, our admittance was eafy and 

 immediate. We alighted, and were fhewn into a low room in 

 the palace. Ayto Aylo went immediately to the queen to 

 inquire about Welled Hawaryat, and his audience lafted 

 two long hours. He returned to us with thefe news, that 

 Welled Hawaryat was much better, by a medicine a faint 

 from Waldubba had given him, which confined in fome 

 characters written with common ink upon a tin plate, which 

 characters were warned off by a medicinal liquor, and then 

 given him to drink. It was agreed, however, that the com- 

 plaint was the fmall-pox, and the good it had done him 

 was, he had ate heartily of f?rwd, or raw beef after it, tho' 

 he had not ate before fince his arrival, but called perpetually 

 for drink. Aylo faid he was to remain at Kofcam till towards 

 evening, and defired me to meet him at his own houfe 

 when it turned dark, and to bring Petros with me, if he was 

 returned. 



Petros was returned when I arrived, and waited for me 

 at Hagi Saleh's houfe. Although he mewed all the figns of 

 my being welcome, yet it was eafy to read in his countenance 

 he had not fucceeded according to his wifh, in his interview 

 with Michael, or that he had met fomething that had ruffled 

 and frightened him anew. And, indeed, this laft was the 

 cafe, for going to the Ras's tent, he had feen the Huffed ikin 



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