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the king, and wondered exceedingly how a white maro 

 like me lliould venture fo far in fuchan ill-goverrred coun- 

 try. " Allow me, Madam, faid I, to complain of a breach 

 of hofpitality in you, which no Arab has been yet guilty of ■ 

 towards me."^— " Me ! faid flie, that would be ftrange indeed, 

 to a sian that bears my brothers letter. How can that 



|je !" " Why, you tell m^e, Madam, that I am a white man, . 



l>y which I know that you fee me, without giving me the 

 like advantage. The queens of Sennaar did not ufe me fo 

 hardly ; I had a full fight of them without having ufed . 

 any importunity." On this flie broke out into a great fit 

 of laughter ; then fell into a converfation about medicines^ 

 to make her hair grow, or rather to hinder it from falling 

 off. She defired me to come to her the next day- that her 

 fon Idris would be then at home from the Howat *, and ; 

 that he very much wiflied to fee me. She that day fent; 

 us plenty of provifions from her own table. 



On the t3th it was fo exceffively hot that it was impof- 

 fible to fuffer the burning fun. The poifonous fimoom bkw 

 iiliewife as if it came from an oven. Our eyes were dim, . 

 our lips cracked, our knees tottering, our throats perfeftiy 

 dry, and no relief was found from drinking an immoderate . 

 quantity of water. The people advifed me to dip a fpunge 

 in vinegar and water, and hold it before my mouth and 

 nofe, and this greatly relieved me. In the evening I went 

 to Sittina. Upon entering the houfe, a black ilave laid hold 

 of me by the hand, and placed me in a paffage, at th-e end of 

 which were two oppofite doors. I did not well know the 



re afon 



* The farm where he kept the flocks belonging to himlelf. 



