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is there, and not at Sennaar.” He then drew a moft unfa- 
vourable picture of that Shekh, whom he affirmed to have 
been a murderer and a thief all his days, and the fon of a 
father no better than himfelf; that he was of no religion, 
neither Mahometan, Chriftian, nor Pagan, but abfolutely 
without fear of God; he faid, however, he believed him to 
be a great coward ; and therefore'the whole of my fafety re- 
duced itfelf to this, Was he really afraid of Yafine, or not? 
If he was, that became the beft handle we could lay hold 
on ; but if, on the contrary, he was not afraid of Yafine, or 
was perfuaded, as he very well might be by wicked people 
about him, that, when once I was out of the country, Ya- 
fine took no further charge of me, he doubted very much 
I fhould never pafs Teawa, or, at leaft, without fuffering 
fome heavy affront or ill-ufage, the extent of which it was 
impoflible to determine. 
Turse fenfible fuggeftions made a very ftrong impreffion 
on Yafine and me; Yafine’s firft pofition was, that Fidele was 
certainly afraid to difoblige him; but, allowing the poffi« 
_ bility he was not, he owned he had not fubftituted any {fe- 
cond meafure to which I could truft. We all regretted that 
our friends the Daveina had been fuffered to depart without 
taking me with them by Sim-Sim and Beyla; but it was now 
too late, as the Daveina had for forme days arrived at the 
ftation the neareft Beyla and the fartheft from us. It was 
then agreed, that Nile fhould fend a relation of his, who was 
married toone of the tribes of Jehaina Arabs,encamped upon 
Jibbel Ifriff near to Teawa, with whom Fidele was at that 
time making peace, left they fhould burn the crop about 
the town. This man was not to enter the town of Teawa 
‘with me, but was to come there the next day, as if from his 
Tte2 friends 
