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Arabs, to aflc them who thofe were that had ^ taken away 

 ourcamcL 



In one of the huts he found the king's fervant regaling 

 himfelf ; upon which he faid to him, " I fuppofe, Mahomet; 

 you have taken charge of that camel, and will hring it with 

 you to Sennaar; it has your mafter's prefctits, and mine 

 alfo, upon it:" and faying this, he rode off to join us, and 

 to punilh thofe that had taken the camel, who, we were 

 fure after this notification, muft follow us. We kept on at a 

 verv briflc pace, for it was eleven o'clock before they came 

 up to where we were encamped for the night, bring- 

 ing our camel, which they had taken, along with them, 

 with an Arab on horfebaek, attended with two on foot, and 

 with them the king's fervant. I did not fcem at all to have 

 underftood the affair, only that robbers had taken away 

 our camel. But it did not fit fo eafy upon the Arabs, who 

 did not know there wa& any with us but the king's fervant, 

 and v/ho wanted to frighten us for not making them a pre- 

 fent for eating their grafs and drinking their water. At 

 jEirft, Adelan's fervant refufed to take the camel again upon 

 any terms, infifting that the Cohala ffiould carry it to vSen^ 

 naar ; but, after a great many words, I determined to make 

 peace, upon condition they fliould furnifh us with milk, 

 wherever they had cattle, till we arrived at Sennaar. This 

 was very readily confented to ; and as this affair probably 

 was owing to the malice of the king's fervant, lb it ended: 

 without further trouble. 



On the 24th, we fet out at half after five in the morfi> 

 ing, and paffed through fevcral fmall villages of Cohala on 

 the right and on the left, till at eleven- we came to the ri- 

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