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hill on purpofe, or let it fall by chance: whichever was the 

 cafe, it came bounding, and jull pait behind my hwrle. Whe- 

 ther it touched him or not I cannot tell ; but ir determined 

 him, without further deliberation, to fpurn all coiuroul of 

 his rider. On the finl leap that he made it was wiih the ut- 

 moft difficulty I avoided going over his head; I will not 

 pretend to fay what followed. 1 was deprived of all lenfe 

 or refledion, till Humbling often, and Hiding down upon 

 his haunches oftener, 1 found myfelf at the bottom of the 

 hill perfetT:ly Itupified with fear, but f.ife and found in body, 

 though my faddle was lying upon the horfe's neck. 



Soon after, I faw a fire lighted on the top of the hill above 

 "where Ras Michael's tent flood, and 1 did not doubt but 

 that it was the work of- fome traitor, as a fignal to the re- 

 bels that we were now in the plain in the greateil confu- 

 iion. 1 made all haite therefore to go rouid and join the 

 ting, palled Deg-Ohha incim>bercd with carcafes of men. 

 and hearts, from which, as wt 11 as from the bottom of the 

 hill, a terrible flench arofe, which muft foon have forced us 

 out of the camp if we had not refolved, of our own accord, 

 to remove. A little further in the opening to the river Ma- 

 riam, I found myielf in the middle of about twenty perfons, 

 three or four of whom were upon mules, in long clean 

 white clothes, as if in peace, the refl apparently foldieis; 

 this was Engedan's brother, A)Io, whom I was pafTing with- 

 out rec'Olecting him, v.hen he ciicd. Where do you come 

 from, Yagoube ? this is not a night for white men like you 

 to be alone ; come with me, and I will carry you to your 

 friend Engedan. My horfe, replied I, found a new way for 

 jtfelf down the hill, and I confefs I would rather be alone 

 than with ih much company: our colour by this ligiitfeems 

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