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between the Hv Soumaulee and the Wahama, the 

 next tribe on onr route to Shoa. As the treatment 

 of Mahomed Allee, who was a Wahama, when last 

 in Tajourah, had been exceedingly unfriendly, his 

 tribe had determined to resent it, and threatened a 

 very hostile reception, to future Tajourah Kafllahs 

 passing through their country. All this we had 

 been made aware of, when we met the Kafilah of 

 Mahomed Allee at Sagagahdah, and Ohmed 

 Mahomed felt a corresponding anxiety, until he was 

 somewhat relieved, by finding that his friends, the 

 Hy Soumaulee, had also a quarrel with the same 

 tribe. A large council was accordingly called 

 together this evening, to determine upon a com- 

 bined mode of proceeding, to ensure a safe passage 

 through the country of our common enemy. 



The result was, that an additional escort of thirty 

 Hy Soumaulee were engaged, who were to receive 

 for their services four dollars each man, to be paid 

 on our arrival in Shoa. After it w T as all settled, I was 

 requested to give, the security of my promise for its 

 payment ; and as I was convinced that any expense 

 really necessary to secure the safety of the stores, 

 would be readily paid on the termination of our 

 journey by the Mission in Shoa, I did not hesitate 

 to assure them, that they would certainly receive, 

 on our arrival, what I considered to be, their very 

 moderate demand. The Hy Soumaulee expressed 

 themselves satisfied, and two-thirds of the required 

 number were immediately enlisted, who, after giving 



