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three ahmulahs a-week, about seven-pence halfpenny, 

 and, in fact, my whole expenditure, by his making 

 out, was to be a dollar a-month, one-half for his 

 wages during that time, and the remainder for the 

 purchase of poultry and sheep. 



Tinta, in two or three days, brought a reply 

 from the Negoos, that I was to look out what 

 house would suit me, and if I were well enough 

 to visit him at Ankobar, where he was coming to 

 from Angolahlah, in the course of the week, he 

 would then give the necessary directions to put me 

 in possession of my choice. 



Night and morning we were now to be seen, 

 Walderheros and myself, slowly walking along the 

 narrow confined lanes in search of a house that 

 would suit us. I leaning upon him on one hand, 

 and in the other, to assist in supporting my weakened 

 frame, I carried a slender rod, about seven feet 

 long, called a " zank," in common use, as an aid 

 when walking, by the people of Shoa. We visited 

 every vacant house in the town to examine their 

 condition and character, and occupied ourselves 

 entirely by suggesting alterations and repairs, or 

 devising sundry projects of domestic comfort, in 

 connexion with the expected grant by the Negoos 

 of the one which I should prefer. For five or six 

 days we thus amused ourselves, and when the eve 

 of the day came on which I was to see the Xegoos 

 at Ankobar, we were as far from having come to 

 a decisive choice, as upon the first day we com- 



