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Berore our fetting out I told this to Achmet, who faid, 
that the man was not a bad one naturally, but that his un- 
cle the Naybe made all men as wicked as himfelf. He fur- 
nifhed me with a man to fhew me where I fhould pitch my 
tent ; and told me he fhould now take my final deliverance 
upon himfelf, for we were yet far, according to the Naybe’s 
intentions, from beginning our journey to Gondar. 
ArKEEKO confifts of about 400 houfes, a few of which 
are built of clay, the reft of coarfe grafs like reeds. The 
Naybe’s houfe is of thefe laft-named materials, and not dif- 
tinguifhed from any others in the town; it flands upon the 
S. W. fide of a large bay. There is water enough for large 
fhips clofe to Arkeeko, but the bay being open to the 
N. E. makes it uneafy riding in blowing weather. Befides, 
you are upon a lee-fhore; the bottom is compofed of foft 
fand. In ftanding in upon Arkeeko from the fea through 
the canal between Shekh Seide and the main fand, it is 
neceflary to range the coaft about a third nearer the main 
than the ifland. The point, or Shekh Seide, ftretches far out, 
and has fhallow water upon it. 
Tue Cape that forms the fouth-weft fide of the large bay 
is called Ras Gedem, being the rocky bafe of a high mountain 
of that name, feen a confiderable diftance from fea, and di- 
ftinguifhed by its form, which is that of a hog’s back. 
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