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there is a poor man making great hafte to be affaffinated 

 among thofe wild people in Kabefh ; and fo we all thought. 

 He concluded, Drink ! no force ! Englishman ! very good ! 

 G--d damn, drink !" We had juft arrived, while my friend 

 •was uttering thefe exclamations, at the place where theShum 

 and the reft were Handing. The man continued repeating 

 the fame words, crying as loud as he could, with an air 

 of triumph, while I was reflecting how fhameful it was 

 for us to make thefe profligate exprefiions by frequent re- 

 petition, fo eafily acquired by ftrangers that knew nothing 

 ■elfe of our language. 



The Shum, and all about him, were in equal aftonifh- 

 ment at feeing the man, to all appearance, in a paffion, bawl- 

 ing out words they did not tinderftand ; but he, holding a 

 horn in his hand, began louder than before, drink ! very 

 good ! Englifhman ! making the horn in the Shum his ma- 

 fter's face. Mahomet of Alata was a very grave, compofed 

 man ; " I do declare, fays he, Ali is become mad : Does any- 

 body know what he fays or means ?" — " That I do, faid I, and 

 will tell you by-and-bye ; he is an old acquaintance of mine, 

 and is fpeaking Englifh ; let us make a hafty meal, how- 

 ever, v/ith any thing you have to give us." 



Our horfes were immediately fed ; bread, honey, and 

 butter fervcd : Ali had no occafion to cry, drink ; it went a- 

 bout plentifully, and I would Hay no longer, but mounted 

 my horfe, thinking every minute that I tarried might be 

 better fpent at the cataract. The firft thing they carried us 

 to was the bridge, which confifts of one arch of about twen- 

 ty-five feet broad, the extremities of which were ftrongly let 

 into, and relied on the folid rock on both fides ; but frag- 

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