8 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
Arabs, to afk them who thofe were that. had_ taken awl 
our camel.. , 
In one of the huts he found the king’s fervant regaling 
Ahimielf; upon which he faid to him, “I fuppofe; Mahomet, . 9 
you have taken charge of that camel, and will bring it with | 
you to Sennaar; it has your mafter’s prefents, and mine 
alfo, upon it:” and faying this, he rode offtojoinus, and 
to punith thofe that had taken the camel, who, we were | 
fure after this. notification, muft follow us. We kept onat a: — j 
very brifk pace, for it was eleven o’clock. before they came :. 
up to where we were encamped for the night, bring: 
ing our camel, which they had taken, along with them, 
with an Arab on horfeback, attended with two on foot,and — 
with them the king’s fervant.. Idid not feem atalltohave = © 
underftood the affair, only that robbers. had taken away ia 
our camel. Butit did not fit fo eafj y upon the Arabs, who 4 
did not know there was any. with us but the king’s fervant, = 4 
and who wanted to frighten us for not making in a pre-.. a 
fent for eating their grafs and drinking their water, At 
. firft, Adelan’s fervant refufed to take the camel again upon 
any terms, infiftng that the Cohala fhould carry ittoSen- 
naar; but, aftera great many words, I determined to make A 
peace, upon condition they fhould furnifh us with milk, 
wherever they. had cattle, till we arrived atSennaar. This; 
was very readily confented to; and as this affair probably. — 
was owing to the malice of the king’s fervant, fo it.endedi 
without further trouble. 
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\n the 24th, we fer out at half after fivé in the morn. 
ing, and paiied through feveral {mall villages of Cohala on: 
the right and on the left till at eleven we came tothe ri- 
ver: #1 
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