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for his own ufe when he went to Maitfha. Ithen carried 
him new-drefled to the Iteghé, who gave him ftrict injunc- 
tions to take care of me if ever I fhould come into his hands. 
He after went home with Ayto Aylo, nor did I ever know 
what was become of him till now, when we arrived at his 
houfe at Welied Abea Abbo, unlefs from fome words that 
fell in difcourfe from Fafil at Bamba. 
SuaLaKA Welled Amlac was, however, from home, but. 
his wife, mother, and fifters, received us kindly, knowing 
us by report; and, without waiting for our landlord, a cow 
was inftantly flaughtered, 
Tue venerable miftrefs of this worthy family, Welled 
Amlac’s mother, was a very flout, cheartul. woman, and 
bore no figns of infirmity or old age: his wite was, on the 
contrary, as arrant a hag as ever acted the part on the fiage; 
very active, however, and civil, and {peaking very tolerable 
Amharic. His two fifters, about fixteen or feventeen, were 
really handfome; but Fafil’s wife, who was there, was the 
motft beautiful and graceful of them all; fhe feemed not 
to be paft eighteen, tall, thin, and of a very agreeable car- 
riage and manners. The features of her face were very re- 
gular; fhe had fine eyes, mouth, and teeth, and dark-brown 
complexion ; at firft fight a caft of melancholy feemed to 
hang upon her countenance, but this foon vanifhed, and fhe 
became very courteous, chearful, and moft converfible of 
the whole, or at leaft feemed to wifh to be fo; for, unfor- 
tunately, fhe fpoke not a word of any language but Galla,: 
though fhe underftood a little Amharic ; our converfation 
did not fail to give great entertainment to the whole family, 
and for her part, fhe laughed beyond all meafure. aye 
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