78° “ TRAVELS TO DISCOVER: 
here they are: my doubt, which gave. rife.to this long pri-. 
vate converfation, was, whether you would take them home. 
yourfelf ; or, if you have a:confidential fervant that you can. 
truft, let him take them, fo that it be not pee a Shea eh : 
Naybe”- 
“T UNDERSTAND every thing that you fay, and every thing - 
that you would fay.. Though I do not know. men’s hearts . 
that I never faw, as you do, l know pretty well the hearts. 
of thofe with whom I.live. Let:the piftels..remain with. 
you, and’ fhew them to nobody tll I:fend‘you a:man to: 
whom.you may fay any thing, and: he fhall go between. 
you and me,; for there is in this-place a number of devils, 
not men; but, Uab Kerim, God.is great.. The perfon that: - 
brings you dry dates in.an Indian +handkerchief, and an: 
earthen bottle to drink: your water: out of, give him the: 
piftols.. You may fend by him to me any thing you-choofe. . 
In the mean time, fleep found, and fear, no evil; but never~ 
be perfuaded to truft yourfelf to the Cafrs of Habefh at Ma-.- 
fuah.” 
On the 20th of September a: female flave came and? 
brought with her the proper. credentials, an Indian hand-. 
kerchief full-of dry dates, and a-pot.or. bottle. of unvarnafh-. 
ed potter’s earth, which keeps the water very. cool... I-had: 
fome doubt upon this change of fex; but the flave, who was: 
an Abyflinian girk quickly undeceived me, delivered the: 
dates, and took away the. piftols deftined for Achmet, who; 
had himfelf gone to his uncle, the Naybe, at Arkeeko. . 
On the 21ft, in the morning, the Naybe came from Ar- 
Kkeeko. The ufual way is by fea; it is about two leagues ; 
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