TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN ABYSSINIA, 



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ETC. 



CHAPTER I. 



Staying at Farree. — Alarm of Galla attack. — Return to Kokki. — 

 Women of Kafilah carried into slavery. — Five Gallas killed.' — ■ 

 Triumph of Hy Soumaulee victors. — Return to Dinnomalee. — 

 The Wallasmah Mahomed. — Seizure of the letters. — Return to 

 Farree. 



May 23. — I had scarcely opened my eyes, after 

 the first night's rest in Abyssinia, when a heavy 

 knocking at the door, and repeated calls for me, 

 made me get up in a great hurry to know the reason 

 of such a disturbance. I found the escort all in an 

 uproar, and they pushed past me into the house 

 for their weapons, where they had been safely 

 deposited under my care, and which, as soon as 

 they were seized, away my friends ran, one after 

 another, in the direction of Dinnomalee. Ohmed 

 Medina, who had suddenly sprung up from some- 

 where, sat upon his mule in the market-place, and 



VOL. II. B 



