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hill on purpofe, or let it fall by chance: whichever wasthe = 
_cafe, it came bounding, and juft paft behind my horfe. Whe- 
-ther it touched him or not Icannot tell; but it determined 
him, without further deliberation, to fpurn all controul of | 
his rider. On the firft leap that he made it was with the ut- 
mott difficulty I avoided going over his head: 1 will not © 
pretend to fay what followed. 1 was deprived of all fenfe 
or reflection, till ftumbling often, and fliding down upon 
his haunches oftener, - found myfelf at the bottom of the, 
hill, perfectly ftupified with fear, but fafe and foundin ies 
though my faddle was lying upon the horfe’s neck. 
‘Soon after, lfawa fire lighted on the top of the hill above 
where Ras.-Michael’s tent ftood, and I did not doubt but 
that it was the work of fome traitor, as a fignal to the re= 
bels that we were now in the plain in the greateft confu- 
fion. I made.aH hafte therefore to go round and join the « 
king, pafled Deg-Obha incumbered -with carcafes of men 
and beafts, from which, as well as from the bottom of the- - 
hill, a terrible ftench arofe, which muft foon have forced us” 
out of the.camp if we had not refolved, of our own accord, . 
to remove. A little further in the opening to the river Ma- 
riam, I found myfelf in the middle of about twenty perfons, — 
three or four of whom were upon mules, in long clean - 
white clothes, as if in peace, the reft apparently foldiers; 
this was Engedan’s brother, Aylo, whom Iwas pafling with- 
out recollecting him, when-he cried, Where do you come 
from, Yagoube? this is not a night for white men like you ~ 
to be alone; come with me, and I will carry you to your 
friend Engedan, My horfe, replied I, found a new way for 
itfelf down the hill, and I confefs I would rather be alone 
#han with fo much company: our colour by this light feems 
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