258 TRAVELS VEO DISCOVER = 
their neighbours in time of war. The whole country of 
Degwadfa, the diftrict which Aclog commanded, was totally 
deftroyed ; men, women, and children, were entirely extirpa- _ 
ted, without diftinction of age or fex; the houfes all razed © 
to the ground, and the country about it left as defolate as’ 
after the deluge. The villages belonging to the king 
were as. feverely treated ; an univerfal cry was heard from 
every part, but no one dared to fuggeft any means of help; 
_ parties were fo entirely mixed and confounded, that no 
one could fafely enter into any confidence with his neigh- 
bour; but the common people, who had little to lofe, be-. - 
gan again to cry out for the return and government of Ras, 
Michael. 
Fastt, having given the king this fample of what lie- 
was capable of doing, halted at Sar-Ohha, and from thence: 
fent a peremptory demand that Gufho fhould be at liber- 
ty. His meflenger was a crooked, diminutive dwarf, call 
ed Dohho, of whom I have already fpokem. It was a very 
bad fign of a treaty when fuch a one was the manager. 
He upbraided the king in terms {carcely decent, with the | 
protection, life, and kingdoma the Ras Fafil had given him,, 
when the contrary was abfolutely in his power. He afk-. 
ed the king if he knew who had protected him the night 
ef the retreat from the hill of Serbraxos? and told him, in: 
plain terms, that, being entirely void of the noble princi 
ples of gratitude himfélf, he had foreed him, Fafil,to be 
wanting to the next great virtue, that of hofpitality, in fuf- 
fering a man of Gufho’s quality to be made prifoner after 
arriving within the limits of his government. He concluded, 
by telling the king plainly, that, unlefs he reftored Gufho 
40 his liberty and government, without condition, he 
would, 
