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Mr. Krapf's servant at Farree, he might have been 

 imprisoned for aiding me in coming to Ango- 

 lalah without permission. In about two hours, 

 however, he made his appearance, bearing on his 

 head a large conical covered straw basket, which 

 contained a flat loaf of excellent wheaten bread. 

 With one hand he steadied this load in its elevated 

 position, whilst in the other, he carried by a strong 

 loop handle of rope, a round earthenware pot, the 

 contents of which were as yet a secret to me. 

 Across one shoulder was also slung an enormous 

 bullock's horn, the diameter of the base of which 

 was not less than seven inches, full of an agreeable 

 sweet wine, called " tedge," made of honey, and not 

 at all a bad beverage. I was astonished at the 

 ease with which he seemed to have procured these 

 provisions ; and the visions of my Dankallj. servant 

 in Adal and the representation I had seen of the 

 Egyptian god, Harpocrates, similarly burdened, 

 recurred to my mind, as the abundance of the land 

 I was in, was illustrated by the appearance of 

 Walderheros on his return from the palace. Besides 

 the refreshments that he bore himself, he was 

 followed by a stream of people, two of them carrying 

 a tressel for my bed, another an oxskin to throw 

 over it, then came others with fire-wood, also 

 two women with large jars of water, and the 

 procession closed by four men bearing a small black 

 tent of coarse woollen cloth, which was set up in a 

 very short time, for my accommodation. 



