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Tisros took a poft very likely to diftrefs us, as he had: 
more than 300 mufquetry with him. He fat down with: 
liorfe and foot in the middle of the valley before us, with 
part of his muiquetry pofted upon the fkirts of the, moun- 
tain Belefflen:on one fide, and part on the top of that long,, 
even hill, dividing the valley from the river Mariam.. 
Over his camp, like a citadel, is the rock that projects into - 
the valley, from which the peafants of Mariam-Ohha had 
thrown the ftones when we were returning, to our camp> 
‘after the laft battle.» Upon this rock Tesfos had placed a 
multitude of women and fervants, who began to build ftraw- 
huts for themfelves, as if they intended to ftay there for~ 
fome time, though there was ftill plenty of the female fex be- 
low with the camp. Indeed, I never remember to have feen fo » 
many women in proportion to any any: whatever, no not 
even in.our own. 
Ir Tesfos had been long in coming, he was refolved, now’ 
he was come, to make up.for his loft time, as he was not” 
a mile and a half from our camp, and could fee our horfes 
go down to water, either at Deg-Ohha or Mariam ; that. 
fame day at two o'clock, ms horfe attacked our men at wa-- 
tering, killed fome fervants, and took feveral horfes. This - 
behaviour of Tesfos was taken as a defiance to. Kefla nee 
fous in particular, and to the army in general. . 
THERE was no perfon in the whole army, of any rank” 
whatever, fo generally beloved as Kefla Yafous; he was: 
looked upon by the foldiers as their father. He was named ° 
by the Ras to the government of Samen, but had failed, as . 
we have already ftated, in difpoffefling Ayto Tesfos, whofe. 
diforderly march at broad mid-day, fo near our army, the: 
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