226 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER ; 
got out of the line of the troops towards the plain, fpurredi 
my horfe, and arrived at the body of Rae where the: 
kin g was. 
‘Ae I had a white turban upon my head, (having fhaved: 
the fore part of it after the blowI had received from the 
ftone) I was employed taking this off before I prefented- 
myfelf to the king, when fomebody faid out loud, Ozoro 
Efther is taken prifoner. Ras Michael anfwered, That is im- - 
-poffible; Ozoro Efther is here. It is. Ozoro Altafh and the — 
Abuna, faid I, from behind; I came juft now from them. 
By whom are they taken? fays the king. By the Galla, L 
believe, anfwered I; at leaft by men whofe language I did. 
not underftand, though indeed I took no time to confider, 
but they are clofe in our rear, and I fuppofe they will be: 
here prefently. Here! fays the Ras, what will. they do. 
here? It muft be Powuffen, and the troops of Lafta, to res. 
cover his mother-in-law, that fhe may not go to Gondar;-; 
and it is the Tcheratz Agow language that Yagoube has 
taken for Galla. Itis fo, fays another horfeman; the people 
of Lafta have carried her off, but without hurting any body. 
This I thought a good fign, and that they were under or- 
ders, for a bloadier or more cruel race was not in the army, 
the Galla not excepted ; and they had met with their deferts; 
and had fuffered confiderably in the courfe of this fhort: 
campaign. 
Tur whole road was now as fmooth asa carpet; and we: 
had fcarce done {peaking when Ras Michael’s mule fell: 
flat on the ground, and threw him upon his face in a {mall 
_ puddle of water. He was quickly lifted up unhurt, and fet 
upon his mule again. We pafled the Mogetch, and at about 
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