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Ras Michael, on the contrary, believed that it had been taker 
out by Petros with a view to fell it, and for this reafon he had 
conftantly refufed him liberty to leave Abyflinia, and had 
kept him always in fear that fome day or other he would — 
ftrip him of all that he had faved. While Michael was be+ 
fieging the mountain Haramat, Petros befeeched me to take 
L.300.0f him, and give him my firft, fecond, and third bill of 
exchange upon Mefirs Julian and Rofa, my correfpondents 
at Cairo, payable a month after fight, to the Maronite Bi- — 
fhop of Mount Sinai, after which he fet out for his own 
country, in formd pauperis, and thereby efcaped the rapacity of 
both Ra’ Michael and the Naybe of Mafuah. As for the bill, 
it came duly to hand, and was paid to the bifhop, who would. 
very fain have received for each of the duplicates, and was. 
near being baftinado’d for infifting upon this before the Bey _ 
at Cairo. | 
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A Bitt drawn from Gondar isa very great curiofity when 
arrived in London; it fhould be now upon the file in ‘the 
fhop of my very worthy and honourable friends the Meflis 
Drummond and Company at Charing-Crofs. It was the on+ — 
ly piece of writing of any kind which found its way to its 
intended deftination, though many had been written by me- 
on different occafions which prefented for Arabia; fo that 
I will recommend to all travellers, for the future, to tack bills 
of exchange to their letters of greateft confequence, as a fure. 
method of preventing their mifcarriage. © 
I yap made a fhew, and with fome degree of oftentation, . 
of fending my gold chain to Cairo by the hands of Metical, 
Aga’s fervant, declaring always that it was the only piece of: 
Abyifinian gold I fhould carry out of the country, which I 
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