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Beyla’s fervant, who had come with him, had been at my 
houfe ever fince I went to Fidele’s. Accordingly we found 
him ftill there, and explained to him what had happened, 
and the great-diftrefs we had been in from the Moullah’s 
not arriving fooner, as alfo from receiving no meflage either 
from Sennaar or Ras el Feel. He told us, the reafon of our 
fervants not joining us was the falfe information his maf- 
ter the Shekh of Beyla had received from Fidele; that we 
were coming by the Dender, and not by Teawa, as already 
mentioned. He now advifed us to come up, and fhew our- 
felves in the morning to the Moullah, who would be fitting 
with Shekh Fidele, adminiftering suftice; but to take no parti- 
cular notice of him, and only obferve to what his difcourfe 
pointed, and he would bring us word if any thing more was 
necefflary. 
I recommended to this fervant of the Shekh of Beyla 
that he fhould tell the Moullah ‘that he was not to ex- 
pect I was to open my baggage here, but that I was a 
man who underitoed perfectly the value of a favour done 
me, and fhould not be in his debt longer than arriving at 
Beyla, which I wifhed to reach as foon as poflible; nothing 
can be quicker than thefe people are on the fmalleft hint 
given ; we feparated, fully fatisfied that we were now a 
_fufficient match for the Shekh, even at his own weapons. 
Ever fince the adventure of the Shekh ofthe Jehaina, one 
of us had kept guard, the door being open every night 
for fear of fire, and it was my turn that night, a poft that 
I never declined, for the fake of good example; but my 
fpirits were fo exhaufted this day, that I gave the old Turk 
plenty of coffee and tobacco to undertake, as he did with 
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