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« juft the contrary, faid I, nobody has fo great a right over 

 the Ras's anger as I have, being the perfon injured ; and, as 

 you and I can get accefs to Ozoro Either when we pleafe, 

 let us go immediately thither, and flop the progrefs of this 

 affair while it is not yet generally known. People that 

 talk of my being wounded expect to fee me, I fuppofe, with- 

 out a leg or an arm. When they fee me fo early riding 

 in the flreet, all will pafs for a ftory as it mould do. 

 Would you wifh to pardon him entirely ?." — " That goes a- 

 gainft my heart, too, fays Aylo, he is a bad man."—" My 

 good friend, faid I, be in this guided by me, I know we 

 both think the fame thing. If he is a bad man, he was a bad 

 man before I knew him. You know what you told me your- 

 felf of the Ras's jealoufy of him. What if he was to revenge 

 his own wrongs, under pretence of giving me fatisfaction 

 for mine ? Come, lofe no time, get upon your mule, go with 

 me to Ozoro Efther, I will anfwer for the confequences," 



We arrived there ; the Ras was not fitting in judgment, 

 he had drank hard the night before, on occafion of Powuf- 

 fen's marriage, and was not in bed when the ftory of the fray 

 reached him. We found Ozoro Efther in a violent anger 

 and agitation, which was much alleviated by my laughing. 

 On her afking me about my wound, which had been repre- 

 fented to her as dangerous, " I am afraid, faid I, poor Gue- 

 bra Mafcal is worfe wounded than I." "Is he wounded toe? 

 fays fhe ; I hope it is in his heart." " Indeed, replied I, Ma- 

 dam, there are no wounds on either fide. He was very 

 drunk, and I gave him feveral blows upon the face as he 

 deferved, and he has already got all the chaftifement he 

 ought to have ; it was all a piece of folly." " Prodigious ! 

 fays me ; is this fo ?" " It is io, fays Aylo, and you mall 



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