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had yet feen him, ever laughed fo heartily as the old Ras ; 

 he humoured the thing entirely ; welcomed Doho in Galla 

 language, and faw the whole farce, finilhed by his flight to 

 the door, with the utmoft good humour. Then taking 

 Amha Yafous with him, and feveral great officers who had 

 come in the interim, he returned by a private pafTage to his 

 own apartments. 



As I fhall have no occafion for further mention of this 

 chieftain, I will here finifh his Hory, though not in the or- 

 der of time. Gulho and PowulTen had gained Guangoul, 

 and perfuaded him to make an irruption with his Galla 

 into the province of Tigre, to create a diverfion againll 

 Michael, and, for that purpofe, they had fent him home 

 nearly the way he had come through that province. From 

 this encouragement he had begun to condu<5t himfelf ftiil 

 worfe than formerly. Ras Michael, fufpedling what would 

 happen, privately difpatched Ayto Confu after him with 600 

 horfe. That young foldier, happy in a command that high- 

 ly gratified his mother, and guided by the cries of the peo- 

 ple, followed with the utmoll diligence, and came up with 

 him in the neighbourhood of Lafta, and there, after little 

 refidance, Guangoul and his troops were cut to pieces, 

 thofe that had efcaped being all llain by the exafperated 

 peafants. Confu returned to Gondar the night of the fifth 

 day, together with the bloody trophies of his conquelt over 

 Guangoul and his Galla. 



> I HAVE before mentioned that this chief had brought 

 with him a quantity of large horns for the king's fervice. 

 Some of this fort having been feen in India filled with ci- 

 vet, have given occafion to thofe travellers who faw them 

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