a18 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
cifco continued, “I told him Fafil was in the camp; at 
which he laughed outright, faid I was drunk, and wonder= 
‘ed you had given me the parole with a curfe upon its fa- 
ther; a great catch this word, to be fure, it will make me 
rich.” “Iam afraid, faid I, friend, Laeca Mariam hath fta> 
ted the truth; at leaft I never heard of an army cut to 
' pieces fo very quietly as ours is.” While I was fpeaking, the 
flambeaux at the Ras’s tent were all fuddenly lighted, which 
was likewife done by Kefla Yafous, all the general officers,, 
and laftly from the king’s tent. This is a kind of torch, or 
flambeau, ufed by the janizary-Aga, at Cairo and Conflan= 
tinople, when he patroles the ftreets’; in the night-time. 
it is lighted, but the fire does not appear till you whirk 
it three or four times round your head, and then it burtfts: 
out intoa bright flame. Michael had fixteen always on the 
guard, ever fince the attempt upon his life by the Guraguéi 
In a moment all the camp was lighted, and the people 
awakened, whilft, as nobody knew the reafon, the tumult 
increafed. Francifco, with great exultation, upon feeing 
the Ras’s torches lighted, cried, “ See who is drunk now 3, 
where are your jokes? this will be a fine night, and nos. 
body is armed.” “ Sir, faid I, you faw Laeca Mariam and: 
his guard armed; fo is every other guard in the camp as. 
much as ever; and you may thank God you have my fer- 
vant’s lance and fhield, fo you are armed. I may drink 
coffee, though I very much fear there may be fome embroil 
on foot, of which you may be yourfelf part of the occafion:. 
Go, however, to the Ras’s tent, and afk if he has any orders, 
for me.” . 
'~ In fhort, we foon after found that the caufe of all this 
~difturbance was, that fome part of Tesfos’s men had come 
tathe back of the camp and‘attempted to recover the mules 
: which 
