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CHAPTER VII. 



Residence in Aliu Amba. — Settlement with the Hy Soumaulee. — 

 Proceed to Ankobar. — Obtain the requisite sum. — Relapse of 

 intermittent fever. — Occupation. — Geographical information.' — 

 Course of the Gibbee. — Character of table land of Abyssinia. 



June \$th. — I had now been three days in Aliu 

 Amba, and had begun to be familiar with the cir- 

 cumstances around me, when the presence of several 

 of my Hy Soumaulee friends recalled the promise 

 I had made to them, and rendered it again 

 necessary to undertake the toilsome ascent to Anko- 

 bar. My Dongola acquaintance, Hadjji Abdullah, 

 lent me his mule, and off I started, leaving the Hy 

 Soumaulee, who accompanied me across the market- 

 place, to amuse themselves how they could during 

 my absence. Walderheros walked by my side, and 

 by nine o'clock we arrived at the Residency where 

 a little flag, displayed, telegraphed the presence of 

 the Ambassador, Captain Harris, who had come 

 into town the night before from Angolahlah. I 

 was compelled to solicit, as a personal favour, that 

 which was denied as an act of justice; on the 

 strong representation that " these thirty dollars 

 would be the price of my blood," our singularly 

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