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nimbly on horfeback, he arrived at Arkeeko without being 
intercepted, though clofely purfued almoft to the town. | 
Ir was the roth of September1769 when we arrived at Ma- 
fuah, very much tired of the fea, and defirous to land. But, 
as it was evening, I thought it advifeable to fleep on board 
all night, that we might have a whole day (as the firft is. 
always a bufy one) before us, and receive in the night any 
intelligence from friends, who might not choofe to venture 
to come openly to fee us in the day, at leaft before the de- 
termination of the Naybe had been heard concerning us.. 
Manomet Gi1BBERTI, a man whom we had perfectly fe- 
‘cured, and who was fully inftructed in our fufpicions as to: 
the Naybe, and the manner we had refolved'to behave to: 
him, went afhore that evening; and, being himfelf an Abyf- 
finian, having connections in Mafuah, difpatched that fame 
night to Adowa, capital of Tigre, thofe letters which I knew 
were to be of the greateft importance; giving our friend 
Janni (a Greek, confidential fervant of Michael, governor 
of Tigre) advice that we were arrived, had letters of Meti-. 
cal Aga to the Naybe and Ras Michael; as alfo Greek letters 
to him from the Greek patriarch of Cairo, a duplicate of 
which I fent by the bearer. We wrote likewife to him in 
Greek, that we were afraid of the Naybe, and begged him. 
to fend to us inftantly fome man of confidence, who might. 
protect us, or at leaft be a fpectator of what fhould befal us.. 
We, befides, inftructed him to advife the court of Abyffinia;. 
that we were friends of Metical Aga, had letters from him 
to the king:and the Ras, and diftrufted the Naybe of Mafuah. 
MAuomeET GispBertr executed this commiffion in the in- 
ftant, with all the punctuality of an honeft man, who was 
faithful 
