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Tesfos had fired, and then to run in upon him, they difdain- 
ed that precaution, but coming fpeedily upon him, part of — 
them threw down the ftones under which he was con- 
cealed, and part attacked him im the hollow, and, while 
much intent upon the fuccefs of Woodage Afahel, he 
Was in a moment overpowered and diflodged; and, being 
twice wounded, with great difficulty he efcaped. Se- 
venteen of his match-locks were brought into the camp, 
and with them a man of great family in Samen, a relation 
or friend of Kefla Yafous. This perfon, after having been 
regaled with the beft that was in the camp, and cloath- 
ed anew. after their cuftom, was fent back the fame 
night to Ayto Tesfos, with this fhort meflage, “ Tesfos had 
“ better be upon his rock again, if my boys can beat hinx 
“ upon the plain at broad noon-day.” 
Coquz Asou Barea, after having attempted feveral times 
to afcend the hill, was beaten back as often, and obliged to 
defift. On the king’s fide only eleven men were killed. The 
lofs of the enemy was varioufly reported. Sixty-three mem 
only, and feveral horfes of thofe with Woodage Afahel, were 
left upon the fide of the hill, after the fire of near 1000 muf- 
quets—fo contemptible is the moft dangerous weapon in an 
ignorant andtimid hand. That night the body of mufque- 
teers called Lafta, part of the king’s houfehold, (in number 
about 300 men) deferted in a body. One of the worft con 
fequences of that day’s engagement was, that the enemy, 
when in poffefion of the foot of the hill, had thrown a 
great number of dead bodies, both of men and beafts, 
into Deg-Ohha, which therefore now was abandoned alto- 
gether by our troops. To make up for this, Ras Michael, 
that very evening, advanced 2000 men upon the end of the 
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