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tat'ed a little, and then added very fupercil ion fly, "Aye, aye,, 

 we were, as I think, always friends."— "You have had, fays 

 Powuilen, a devilifh many hungry bellies fincewe left Gorr- 

 dar." — "You will excufe me, Sir, replied I, as to that ar- 

 ticle; I at no time ever found any difference whether you i 

 was in Gondar or not;" — "There, fays Gufho, by St Deme- 

 trius, there is a truth' for }ou, and you don't often hear that 

 in Begenider. May I fuflcr death if ever you gave a jar of 

 honey to any white man in your life."—" But I, fays Powuf- 

 fen, fitting upright on the floor,- and leaving off play, will 

 give you, Yagoube, a prefent better than Gufho's paulffy 

 jars of honey.- I -have brought with me, addreffing himfclf 

 to me, your double-barrelled gun, and your fword, which 

 I took from that fon ofawh- — e Guebra Mehedin : by St Mi- 

 chael, continued Powuffeh, if I had got hold of that infidel 

 I would have hanged him upon the firlt tree in the way for 

 daring to fay that-he was one of my army when he com- 

 mitted that unmanly robbery upon your people. The Ite- 

 ghe, your friend, -would yefterday have given me ten loads 

 of wheat for your gun, for fhe believes I am to carry it back 

 to Begemder again, and do not mean to give it you, but 

 come to my tent to-morrow and you fhall have it." I very 

 well underftood his meaning, and that he wanted a prefent; ; 

 but was happy to recover my gun at any rate. 



I arose to get away, as what had patted did not pleafe 

 me ; for before the king's retreat to Tigre, Gufho had fat in 

 mv Dre-fence uncovered to the waift, in token of humility, . 

 and many a cow, many a fheep, and jar of honey he had 

 fent me ; but my importance was now gone with the king; 

 I was fallen ! and they were refolved, I law, to make me fenfi- 

 ble of it, I told the queen, on my return, what had pafTed. 



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