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mafter's death, as it very probably might have done ; bur, 

 by the interpofition of Ayto Aylo and the Iteghe, we got 

 the unv^orthy fubjedl baniflied to Maitfha, fo that Welled 

 Amlac remained attended by the fervant who had been lick, 

 with him, and was to be trufted. 



Not to trouble the reader with uninterefting particulars^ 

 Shalaka Welled Amlac at laft recovered after feveral weeks 

 illnefs. When he firft came to my houfe he was but very in- 

 differently cloathed, which, in a fick man, was a thing not 

 to be remarked. As he had no change of raiment, his 

 cloaths naturally grew worfe during the time he ftaid with 

 me ; and, indeed, he was a very beggarly fight when his 

 difeafe had entirely left him. One evening, when I was 

 remarking that he could not go home without kiiling the 

 ground before the Iteghe, he faid, Surely not, and he was 

 ready to go whenever I fliould think proper to bring him his 

 cloaths. I underftood at firft from this, that he might 

 have brought fome change of cloaths, and delivered them 

 into my fervant's cuftody ; bur, upon farther explanation, I 

 found he had not a rag but thofe upon his back ; and he told 

 me plainly, that he had much rather ftay in my houfe all 

 his life, than be fo difgraced before the world, as to leave it 

 after fo long a ftay, without my firft having cloathed him 

 from l>ead to foot ; afking me, with much confidence, What 

 fignifics your curing me, if you turn me out of your houfe 

 like a beggar ? 



I STILL thought there was fomcthing of jeft in this ; and' 

 meeting Ayto Aylo that day at Kofcam, I told him, laugh- 

 ing, of the converfation that had pafled, and was anfwcred 

 gravely, " There is no doubt,, you muft cloath him ; to be 



fure 



