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greateft part of the dangers’ you have paffed im the way 
are, I believe, as yet unknown to you. Your Moor, Yafine, 
of Ras el Feel, is a thief worfethan-any in Habefh. © Se- 
veral times you efcaped very narrowly, by mere chance, 
from being cut off, efpecially at Rafhid, by the Arabs Da- 
veina, whom Yafine had poited there to: murder’ you. | But 
you have a clean heart, and clean hands. God {aw their 
defigns, and protected yous fou I may sed aici on go 
own part, I was not cata i 
Berne then-on my ‘lege for retiring, I returned no an- 
fwer, but the ufwal one (Ullah Kerim) # e. God is merciful. 
Soliman, on the other fide, echoed, “ Ullab. Kerim: ft by which 
I faw he underftood me. We both went out, and were 
conducted to the apartment provided by the ‘old man in 
the red cloak, who met us on/our fitft arrival at tlie river, 
and who now walked before me till we came to the houfe. 
It was a very decent one, confifting only of one large room, 
and ftood clofe upon the river. This fituation was chofen 
with an intention to keep open the correfporidence with the 
Shekh' of Nile’s fervant, whom we had fent to the Jehaina, 
and who occafionally was to meet ws there; but Soliman 
told the old man, it was ne¢effary to me, on acecunt of fre- 
quent ablutions before prayer, which my religion obliged 
me to perform. This old man was called Hagi Soliman 
Kaiya, that 1s, the Shekh’s Lieutenant, He had “been at 
Mecea, and had feen Metical Aga, and knew his poft and 
confequence ; but he was a murderer and robber like his 
mafter, a liar and diffembler beyond all conception, 
We had fcarce taken pofleflion of our lodging, ot thrown - 
off our clothes to put. ourfelves at our cafe, when feveral 
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