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have been cut off, the fault would have been imputed to 
him. 
Awnery as I was at fo barefaced a farce, I could not help 
burfting out into a violent fit of loud laughter, when he 
put on the fevereft countenance, and defired to know the 
reafon of my laughing at fuch a time. It is now two 
months, anfwered I, fince you have been throwing various 
objections in my way; can you wonder that I do not give 
into fo grofs an impofition? This fame morning, before I 
ftruck niy tent, in prefence of your nephew Achmet, I {poke 
with two Shiho juit arrived from Samhar, who brought let- 
ters to Achmet, which faid all was in peace. Have you 
earlier intelligence than that of this morning? 
' He was for fome time without {peaking ; then faid, “ If 
you are weary of living, you are welcome to go; but I will 
do my duty in warning thofe that are along with you of 
their and your danger, that, when the mifchief happens, it 
may not be imputed to me.” “No number of naked Shi- 
ho,” faid I, “ unlefs inftructed by you, can ever be found on 
our road, that will venture to attack us. The Shiho have 
no fire arms; but if you have fent on purpofe fome of your 
foldiers that have fire arms, thefe will difcover by what 
authority they come. For our part, we cannot fly; we 
neither Know the country, the language, nor the watering- 
places, and we fhall not attempt it. We have plenty of dif- 
ferent forts of fire-arms,and your fervants have often feen 
at Mafuah we are not ignorant in the ufe of them. We, it 
as true, may lofe our lives, that is in the hand of the AI- 
mighty ; but we fhall not fail to leave enough on the {pot,, 
to give fufficient indication to the king and Ras Michael, 
who 
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