100 REQUEST COMPLIED WITH. 



constituted Ambassador reluctantly consented to 

 advance me that sum from the treasury. Let it be 

 observed, that not one word of approbation was 

 bestowed upon the endeavours I had made to obtain 

 the restoration of the boxes, &c, left by Messrs. 

 Bernatz and Scott at Hiero Murroo; and when I 

 alluded to that circumstance, the reply I received 

 was, " that any other party coming up would have 

 brought them on." The irritation and excitement 

 consequent upon this interview aided the predisposi- 

 tion to a relapse, and to that I principally attribute 

 the long illness which, from this date, afflicted me 

 for many months. 



My request, however, in the end being acceded 

 to, after breakfast I prepared to return immediately 

 to Aliu Amba. Mr. Assistant-Surgeon Kirk 

 brought me a polite invitation from Captain Harris 

 to remain at least for the day. Being the anni- 

 versary of Waterloo, some appropriate entertainment 

 was proposed, but as I received the message in no 

 very friendly spirit it was not repeated. 



Of the thirty Hy Soumaulee engaged at Herhow- 

 lee, only seventeen came to receive their additional 

 dollars, the remainder having left Channo with a 

 Kafilah that started before my first return to Aliu 

 Amba. The Has had engaged them to accompany 

 him across the disturbed country between the 

 Hawash and Hiero Murroo, and after this party had 

 received the dollar and tobe from Ohmed Mahomed, 

 believing they should obtain no more, they had 



