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(Aylo's brother) had been prefent, when Aylo's fervant fet out 

 with us from Bamba under charge of this Woldo. 



To Woldo, too, I had been very attentive : I had anticipated 

 what I faw were his willies, by fmall prefents and more con- 

 fiderable promifes. I had told him plainly at Bamba, in pre- 

 sence of FauTs Fk-Auraris and Ayto Welleta Michael, (Ras 

 Michael's nephew) that I would reward him in their fight 

 according to his behaviour ; that I fcarcely thanked him for 

 his being barely faithful, for fo he was accountable to his 

 mailer, whofe honour was pledged for my fafety ; but that 

 ■I expected he would not attempt to impofe upon me, nor 

 fuffer others to do fo, nor terrify me unneceffarily upon the 

 road, nor obftruct me in my purfuits, be fulky, or refufe to 

 anfwer the inquires that Lmade about the countries through 

 which we were to pafs. All this was promifed, repromifed, 

 and repeatedly fworn to, and the Fit-Auraris had allured me 

 that he knew certainly this man would pleafe me, and that 

 Fafil w r as upon honour when he had chofen him to attend 

 me, although he had then ufe for him in other bufmefs ; 

 and it is not lefs true, that, during the whole of our jour- 

 ney hitherto, he had behaved perfectly to the letter of his 

 promife, and I had omitted no opportunity to gratify him by 

 Several anticipations of mine. 



I had upon me a large beautiful red-filk fafh, which 

 went fix or feven times round, in which 1 carried my crook- 

 ed knife and two pillols; he had often admired the beauty 

 •of it, inquired where it was made, and what it might have 

 coil. 1 had anfwered often negligently and at random, and 

 I had thought no more of it, as his inquiries had gone no 

 •further. The time which he had fixed upon was not yet 

 ■i come, 



