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morning, to get over the most difficult portion of 

 the road to Angolahlah before he followed in 

 pursuit ; a little manoeuvre necessary to keep up 

 appearances with the Negoos ; for although it 

 would have been no very heinous offence to have 

 permitted me the opportunity of appealing to the 

 justice of Sahale Selassee, Tinta might have suffered 

 for his generosity in permitting me to come to 

 Angolahlah, when he had received orders to accom- 

 pany me to Farree. Tinta, like most Abyssinians, 

 was a really kind-hearted man, but his education 

 as a courtier, and that in a despotic court, had 

 taught him dissimulation and caution. 



Walderheros, it may be supposed, was violently 

 affected at the prospect of losing his father, mother, 

 brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins, all 

 being, according to his account, rolled up in me. 

 He often used to observe, he was my child ; though 

 he was (beautiful boy) at least ten years older 

 than myself. He now protested he should never 

 survive our cruel separation. If it had not been 

 for that "kaffu" (wicked) Hawash, those "kaffu 

 Adaloitsh," (wicked Dankalli,) and that " kaffu 

 bahr," (wicked sea,) he swore that he would have 

 followed me over the rest of the world. In this 

 manner he went on talking during the whole of the 

 evening, with many imprecatory bursts of " woi 

 Negoos," and "min Abat," at the same time 

 busying himself making preparations for our sanc- 

 tioned escape next morning to Angolahlah, and 

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