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Ayto Aylo to defire me not to fpeak of the fafh to FafiPs fer- 

 vant. I allured him, that, as long as 1 fa w him acting pro- 

 perly, as he now did, it was much more probable I mould 

 give him another fafh. on our return, than complain of the 

 means he had ufed to get this laft. This entirely removed 

 .all his fears, and indeed as long after as he was with u;, 

 he every day deferved more and more our commendations. 



Before we went to bed I fatisiied Fafil's fervant, who had 

 orders from Welleta Yalbus to return immediately ;, and, as 

 he faw we did not fpafe the liquor that he brought us, he 

 promifed to fend a frefli fupply as foon as he returned home, 

 which he did not fail to perform the day after, 



Woldo was now perfectly happy ; he had no fuperior or 

 fpy over his actions ; he had explained himfelf to the 8hum, 

 that we fhould want fomebody to buy necefiaries to make 

 bread for us, and to take care of the management of our 

 houfe. We difplayed our leffer articles for barter to the 

 Shum, and told him the moft confiderable purchafes, fuch as 

 oxen and flieep, were to be paid in gold. He was itruck 

 with the appearance of our wealth, and the generofity of 

 our propofals, and told Woldo that he infifted, iince we were 

 in his houfes, we would take his daughters for our 

 houfe-keepers. The propofal was a moft reafonable one, 

 and readily accepted. He accordingly fent for three 

 in an inftant, and we delivered them their charge. The 

 eldefl took it upon her readily, me was about fixteen years 

 of age, of a ftature above the middle fize, but ihe was re- 

 markably genteel, and, colour apart, her features would 

 have made her a beauty in any country in Europe; fne was, 

 beftdes, very fprightly ; we understood not one word of her 



i language, 



