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Shekh, and went away, cakeieeribees two and two together. 
The king’s fervant Joined his companion, who told me to be 
ready, and fear nothing, for he would fee me to-morrow 
night at Beyla. 
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Asout half an hour after my return home was again 
‘called to the Shekh, who had only the Moullah and the old 
Kaiya fitting by him, with two fhort letters in his hand 
from Yafine, full of reproaches for his behaviour to me, and 
declaring with moft folemn oaths, that if thofe letters found 
me at Teawa, or if I was not gone from thence in peace, he 
would, before a fortnight was elapfed, be down as an enemy 
upon Teawa; and unlefs the Daveina did engage to burn 
every ftalk of corn between that and Beyla as foon as it 
was in the ear, he would fhut Abyilinia againft them, and 
that they fhould neither eat bread nor drink water in it as 
long as he was alive and governor of Rasel Feel. Thefe 
letters mentioned a complaint likewife that had been fent 
to Shekh Adelan at Sennaar, but by whom they did not fay, 
probably from Ayto Confu, complaining of Fidele’s ufage to 
me. Yafine’s men, that brought the letters from Ras el 
Feel to Teawa, were faid to be three in number, mounted on 
camels, or dromedaries, and armed with coats of mail and 
head-pieces. They refufed to come into Teawa, to eat of 
Shekh Fidele’s bread *, or drink of his water, looking upon | 
him asa declared enemy of Yafine, their mafter. Fidele 
with fome difficulty at laft allowed black Soliman to go to 
meet them, to perfuade them to enter the,town; but all to 
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* "This refulal among the Arabs is a declaration of the moft deadly enmity, 
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