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CHAP. VI. 



Tranfa6lioiis at Teawa continued — A Moiillahand Sherrtffe arrive 

 from Bey la — News from Ras el Feel and Sennaar — A71 Eclipfe of 



the Moon — Leave 'Teawa. 



WE went to the door, through the feveral apartments, 

 very much upon our guard, for there was no per- 

 fon to hght us out, and we were afraid of fome treachery 

 or ambufli in the antichamber and dark paffages ; but we 

 met nobody ; and were, even at the outer gate, obhged to 

 open the door ourfelves. Without the gate there were a- 

 bout twenty people gathered together, but none of them 

 with arms ; and, by the half words and expreffions they 

 made ufe of, we could judge they were not the Shekh's 

 friends. They followed us for a little, but difperfed before 

 we arrived at our houfe. Soliman, my fervant, told me by 

 the way, that the Moullah was arrived, and that the Shekh of 



Bey la's 



