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replied to one another alternately, In notes full of pleafant 

 melody, 



Ei can tare pares Sff refpondere paral't — 



Virgil. 



till I fell fall afleep, involuntarily, and with regret, for, tho' 

 bruifed, we were not fatigued, but rather difcouraged, ha- 

 ving gone no further than two miles that day. 



The landlord of the hut where I was afleep having pre- 

 pared for our fafety and that of our baggage, thought him- 

 felf bound in duty to go and give immediate information 

 to the prime minifter of the unexpedled guells that then oc- 

 cupied his houfe. He found Adelan at fupper, but was im- 

 mediately admitted, and a variety of quellions afked him, 

 which he anfwered fully. He defcribed our colour, our 

 number, the unufual lize and number of our fire-arms, the 

 poornefs of our attire, and, above all, our great chearful- 

 nefs, quietnefs, and affability, our being contented with eat- 

 ing any thing, and in particular mentioned the hogs flefh. 

 One man then prefent, teflifying abhorrence to this, Adelan 

 faid of me to our landlord, " Why, he is a foldier and a Kafr 

 like yourfelf. A foldier and a Kafr, when travelling in a 

 ftrange country, fliould eat every thing, and fo does every 

 other man that is wife ; has he not a fervant of mine with 

 him ?" He anfwered, " Yes, and a fervant of the king too ; 

 but he had left them, and was gone forward to Sennaar." 

 " Go you with them, fays he, and flay with them at Baf- 

 boch till I have time to fend for them to town." He had 

 returned from Aira long before we arofe^ and told us the 

 converfation, which was great comfort to us all, for we 



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