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of the king of Abyflinia, who allowed him an honourable 

 maintenance ; a cuftom always obferved in fuch cafes in the 

 Eait, by princes towards their unfortunate neighbours. 



Baady, fon of Abdelcader, an active and violent youngs 

 prince, although he depofed his uncle Adelan, took this pro- 

 tection of his father in bad part. It was likewife fuggefted, 

 to him, that the prefent fent by Socinios, a nagareet, or ket- 

 tle-drum, imported, that Socinios considered him as his vaf- 

 fal, the drum being the fign of invefliture fent by the king 

 to any one of his fubjects whom he appoints to govern a 

 province, and that the return of the falcon was likely to be 

 confidered as the acknowledgement of a vaiTal to his fupe- 

 rior. Baady, upon his acceffion to the throne, was refolved 

 to rectify this too great refpect fhewn on the part of his fa- 

 ther, by an affront he refolved to offer. With this view, 

 he fent to Socinios two old,, blind, and lame horfes*. 



Socinios took this amifs, as it was intended he fliould,. 

 and the flight was immediately followed by the troops of 

 Atbara, under Nile Wed Ageeb, fent by Baady to make an 

 inroad into Abyflinia, to lay wafle the country, and drive 

 off the people, with orders to fell them as flaves.. 



Among the moft active in this expedition, were thofe o£ 

 the town of Serke. When Baady complained that his father 

 and rival was protected in his own town of Tchelga, it had 

 been anfwered, That true it was, Tchelga had been ceded and 

 did belong to Sennaar, for every purpofe of revenue, but 

 that the fovereignty of the place had never been alienated 

 or furrendered to the king of Sennaar, but remained now, a& 

 ever, veiled in the king of Abyffmia. Serke Hood precifely 



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