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been more prudent in you, and more civil, not to have made 

 your obfervation. 



The prince was much abafhed. I haflened acrofs the 

 •carpet, and took both his hands and killed them ; the laugh- 

 ers did not feem much at their eafe, efpecially when 1 turn- 

 ed and flood before the king. He was kind, fenlible, com- 

 pofed, and condefcending ; he complained that I had aban- 

 doned him ; afked if I had been well-ufed at Emfras, and 

 doubted that I had wanted every thing ; but I fent you no- 

 thing on purpofe, fays he, becaufe you faid failing would 

 do you good after too much feailing at Gondar, and I knew 

 that hunger would bring you foon back again to us. If 

 your majefly, faid I, takes the prince's word, I have been 

 caroufing to-day in your camp more than ever I did at 

 Gondar; and, I do afTure your majefly, prince George's re- 

 flections were not without foundation. 



Come, come, fays the king, Georgis is your firm and fail 

 friend, and fo he ought, he owes it to you that he is fo able a 

 horfeman and fo good a markfman, without which he could 

 never be more than a common foldier. He has commanded a 

 divifion of the army to-day ; — " Of 500 horfe, cries out the 

 prince in extacy ; and, when the king my brother to-morrow 

 leads the van, youfhall be myFit-Auraris,if you pleafe, when 

 we pafs the Nile, and with my party I fhall fcour Maitfha." I 

 ihould be very unhappy, prince, faid I, to have a charge of that 

 importance, for which I know myfelf to be totally unquali- 

 fied; there are many brave men who have a title to that of- 

 fice, and who will fill it with honour to themfelves and 

 fafety to your perfon. So you will not truft yourfelf, lays 

 the prince, with me and my party when we fhall crofs the 



Nile ? 



