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and baggage having been taken off before we could pafs 

 the river, we all fet to work with very ill will, being excef- 

 fively fatigued with a long journey and want of fleep. No 

 fooner had ShalakaWoldo perceived this,than by two whittles 

 upon his fingers, and a yell, he brought above fifty people to 

 our afliftance ; the baggage was patted in one moment, and 

 in another my two tents were pitched ; which is a work thefe 

 people are very dexterous at, and well acquaintedwith. 



As foon as we had encamped, we found that the reafon 

 we were not left alone on the other fide of the river was, 

 that thofe of the Galla who returned pulled down all the 

 villages for fire-wood, and plundered the houfes, though 

 they were Galla like themfelves, and of Fafil's party ; and 

 thefe again, driven from their houfes, robbed of all they 

 had except their lance and fhield, followed the ftragglers, 

 tnd wreaked their vengenance upon thofe whom they 

 could .furprife, or were not too numerous for them. 



I was fcarcely laid down to fleep, when a fervant, and 

 with him Zor Woldo, were fent to me from the Jumper : 

 they brought us a bull of an enormous fize, but not very 

 fat ; though we were all pretty keen in point of appetite, 

 the' flock of provifion fent us feemed to defy our utraoft 

 endeavours, but we were fure of aflittants enough ; fo the 

 bull was immediately killed and fkinned. In the mean 

 time, I took a fhort, but very refrefhing fleep, being refol- 

 ded to refume my journey with the fame diligence till we 

 had got to the point where we might feparate from the ar- 

 my, which is at a place called Roo, where a large market is 

 kept by the Agows, in whole country it is, and reforted 

 to by all the neighbouring inhabitants. 



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