THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. Pat 
‘Our company was now increafed by our former land- 
‘lord at Goutto, where we were obliged to Woldo’s ftrata- - 
gem for difcovering the cow that was hid. We fat down 
chearfully to dinner. Welled Amlac’s fall had not fpoiled 
his appetite ; I think he ate equal to four ordinary men. I, 
for the moft part, ate the venifon, which was made into an 
~ excellent dith, only too much ftuffed with all kind of fpices. 
Fafil’s wife alone feemed to have a very poor appetite, not- 
withftanding her violent fits-of laughter, and outward ap- 
pearance of chearfulnefs. A melancholy gloom return- 
ed upon her beautiful face, that feemed to indicate-a 
mind not at eafe. She was of a noble family of Calla, 
which had conquered and fettled in the low country of Na- 
rea. I wondered thateFafil her hufband had not carried 
her’to Gondar. She faid her hufband had twenty other 
wives befides her, but took none of them to’ Gondar; 
which was a place of war, where it was the cuftom to mar- 
ry the wives of their enemies that they had forced to fly, 
Fafil will be married therefore to Michael’s wife, Ozoro Ef. 
ther. I could not help being ftartled at this declaration, re- 
membering that I was here lofing my time, and forgetting 
my word of returning as foon as poffible; butwe had, for 
- many months, livedin fuch conftant alarms,that it was ab- 
folutely as needful to feize the moment in which we could 
xepofe our mind, 'as to give reft ‘to the body. 
In the afternoon we diftributed our prefents among ihe 
ladies. Fafil’s wife was not forgot; and the beautiful Me- 
leCtanea was covered with beads, handkerchiefs, and ribbands 
of all colours. Fafil’s wife, on my firft requeft, gave me a 
dock of her fine hair from the root, which has ever fince, 
"ye B2 ; ‘and 
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