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not how to make war, and yet will not fit in peace." I 

 then took my leave of him, but there was a plentiful break- 

 fall in the other room, to which he fent us, and which 

 went far to comfort Hagi Ifmael for the misfortune of his 

 patron Ali Bey. At going out, I took my leave by kiffing 

 his hand, which he fubmitted to without reluctance. 

 " Shekh, faid I, when I pafs thefe Arabs in the fquare, I 

 hope it will not difoblige you if I converfe with fome of 

 them out of curiofity ?" Ad. " By no means, as much as 

 you pleafe ; but don't let them know where they can find 

 you at Sennaar, or they will be in your houfe from morn- 

 ing till night, will eat up all your victuals, and then, in 

 return, will cut your throat if they can meet you upon 

 your journey." 



I RETURNED liomc to Scunaar, very well pleafed with my 

 reception at Aira. I had not fecn, fmce 1 left Gondar, a 

 man fo open and frank in his manners, and who fpoke 

 without difguife what apparently he had in his heart ; but 

 he was exceedingly engaged in bufmefs, and it was of fuch 

 extent that it feemed to me impoilible to be brought to 

 an end in a much longer time than I propofed flaying at 

 Sennaar. l^ie dillance, too, between Aira and that town 

 was a very great difcouragement to me. The whole way 

 was covered with infolent, brutifh people, fo that every 

 man we met between Sennaar and Aira produced fome al- 

 tercation, fome demand of prefents, gold, cloth, tobacco, 

 and a variety of other difagreeable circumflances, which 

 liad always the appearance of ending in fomcthing fe- 

 rious. 



I HAD 



