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in my clothes." He praifed me up to the fides for this pre- 

 caution, and the whole was executed in the manner. propo- 

 fed. My hair was cut round, curled, and perfumed, in the 

 Amharic fafhion, and I was thenceforward, in all outward 

 appearance, a perfect Abyfhnian. 



My firft advice, when arrived at Kofcam, was, that Ozoro 

 Eilher, and her fon by Mariam Barea, and a fon by Ras Mi- 

 chael, mould remove from the palace, and take up their 

 lodging in a houfe formerly belonging to her uncle Baiha 

 Eufebius, and give the part of the family that were yet well 

 a chance of efcaping the difeafe. Her young fon by Ma- 

 riam Bareaj however, complaining, the Iteghe would not 

 fuffer him to remove, and the refolution was taken to abide 

 the iilue all in the palace together. 



Before I entered upon my charge, I defired' Petros (now- 

 recovered) Aylo, Abba Chriflophorus, a Greek prieft who ac- 

 ted as phyfician before I came to Gondar, and Armaxikos 

 prieft of Kofcam, and favourite of the Iteghe, to be all pre* 

 fent. I Hated to them the difagreeable talk now impofed 

 upon me, a ftranger without acquaintance or protection, ha- 

 ving the language but imperfectly, and without power or 

 controul among them. I profefled my intention of doing 

 my utmoil, although the difeafe was much more ferious and 

 fatal in this country than in mine, but I infilled one condi- 

 tion mould be granted me, which was, that no directions as 

 to regimen or management, even of the moil trilling kind,, 

 as they might think, mould be fuffered, without my permif- 

 fion and fuperintendence, otherwife I warned my hands of the 

 confequence, which I told before them would be fatal. They 

 all aflented to this,, and Armaxikos declared thofe excommu- 

 nicated 



