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Bey'la's fervant, who had come with him, had been at my 

 houfe ever lince I went to Fidele's. Accordingly we found 

 him ftill there, and explained to him what had happened, 

 and the great diftrefs we had been in from the Moullah's 

 not arriving fooner, as alfo from receiving no melTage either 

 from Sennaar or Ras el Feel. He told us, the reafon of our 

 fervants not joining us was the faife information his maf- 

 ter the Shekh of Beyla had received from Fidele ; that wc 

 were coming by the Dender, and not by Teawa, as already 

 mentioned. He now advifed us to come up, and fhew our- 

 felves in the morning to theMoullah, who would be fitting 

 with Shekh Fidele, adminiilering jullice; but to take no parti- 

 cular notice of him, and only obferve to what his difcourfe 

 pointed, and he would bring us word if any thing more was 

 necelTary. 



I recommended to this fervant of the Shekh of Beyla 

 that he fliould tell tlie Moullah that he was not to ex- 

 pe6l I was to open my baggage here, but that I was a 

 man who undcrftood perfe6tly the value of a favour done 

 me, and fhould not be in his debt longer than arriving at 

 Beyla, which I wifhed to reach as foon as poffible; nothing 

 can be quicker than thefe people are on the fmalleil hint 

 given ; we feparated, fully fatisfied that we were now a 

 fufficient match for the Shekh, even a: his own weapons. 



Ever fince the adventure of the Sheldi of theJehaina,onc 

 of us had kept guard, the door being open every night 

 for fear of fire, and it was my turn that night, a poll that 

 I never declined, for the fake of good example ; but my 

 fpirits were fo exhaulled this day, that I gave the old Turk 

 plenty of coffee and tobacco, to undertake, as he did with 

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