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Tesfos had fired, and then to run in upon him, they difdain- 

 cd that precaution, but coming fpeedily upon him, part of 

 them threw down the ftones under which he was con- 

 cealed, and part attacl-Lcd him in the hollow, and, while 

 much intent upon the fuccefs of Woodage Afahel, he 

 was in a moment overpowered and diflodgcd; and, being 

 twice wounded, with great difficulty he efcaped. Se- 

 venteen of his match-locks were brought into the camp, 

 and with them a man of great family in Samen, a relation 

 or friend of Kefla Yafous. This perfon, after having been 

 regaled with the befl that was in the camp, and cloath- 

 ed anew after their cuftom, was fent back the fame 

 night to Ayto Tesfos, with this fhort mefTage, " Tesfos had 

 " better be upon his rock again, if my boys can beat hira^ 

 " upon the plain at broad noon-day.!' 



CoQUE Abou Bare a, after having attempted feveral times 

 to afcend the hill, was beaten back as often, and obliged to 

 defift. On the king's fide only eleven men were killed. The 

 lofs of the enemy was varioufly reported.. Sixty-three men 

 only, and feveral horfes of thofe with Woodage Afahel, were 

 left upon the fide of the hill, after the fire of near looo muf- 

 quets — fo contemptible is the mofl dangerous weapon in an 

 ignorant and timid hand. That night the body of mufque- 

 teers called Lafta, part of the king's houfehold, (in number 

 about 300 men) deferted in a body. One of the worfl: con^ 

 fequences of that day's engagement was, that the enemy, 

 when in poiTeffion of the foot of the hill, had thrown a 

 great number of dead bodies, both of men and beafts, 

 into Deg-Ohha, which therefore now was abandoned alto- 

 gether by our troops. To make up for this, Ras Michael, 

 tjiat very evening,. advanced 2000 men upon the end of the 



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