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ef a difpofition rather forward for his age. His expedition 

 againft the Shangalla was attended with no accident j and; 

 he returned- to Gondar on the 3d of June, with a number of 

 Haves, much Better pleafed that he had neglected,, rather* 

 than taken, his mother's advice. 



It was on the 23d day of December that Yafbus again? 

 fet out oil another hunting-party, and killed two elephants 

 and a rhinoceros. He then proceeded to Tchelga, and from* 

 Tchelga toWaldubba; thence he went to the rivers Gan~ 

 dova and Shimfa* Thefe are two rivers we fhall have occa- 

 sion frequently to fpeak of in our return through' Sennaar, , 

 in which kingdom the one is called Dender, the other Ra- 

 had. Here he exercifed himfelf at a very violent fpecies of 

 hunting, that of forcing the gieratacachin, which, means 

 long-tail;, it is otherwife called giraffa in Arabic. It is the 

 talleft of.bealts ; I never faw it dead, nor,, I think, more than 

 twice alive, and then at a diftance. It is, however, often 

 killed by the elephant-hunters. Its fkin, is, beautifully varie- 

 gated when young, but turns brown when arrived at any 

 age. It is, I apprehend, the camelopardalis, and is the only 

 animal, they fay, that^inTwiftnefs^will beat^horfe in, the 

 fair field.. 



It was not with a view to hunr only, that Yafous made 

 thefe frequent excurfions towards 1 the frontiers of Sennaar.. 

 His -resolution, was formed (as it appeared foon after) in imi- 

 tation of his forefather Socinios-,., to revive his right over 

 the country of the Shepherds^ his ancient vaflals, who, fince 

 the accefuon of: ftrength by uniting with the Arabs,, had 

 forgot their ancient tribute and fu ejection, as we have al* 

 seady obferved. 



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