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his docility, the form of his“faddle, bridle, and accoutre- 
ments. He threw at laft the fandals off his feet, twifted 
his upper garment into his girdle, and fet off at fo furious 
-a rate, that I could not help doubting whether he was in 
his fober underftanding. 
Ir was not long till he came back, and with him a man-fer- 
vant carrying a fheep and a goat, and a woman carrying a jar 
of honey-wine. I had not yet quitted the horfe; and when I 
faw what his intention was, I put Mirza to a gallop, and, 
with one of the barrels of the gun, fhot a pigeon, and im- 
mediately fired the other into the ground. There was no- 
thing after this that could have furprized him, and it was 
repeated feveral times at his defire ; after which he went in- 
to the tent, where he invited himfelf to my houfe at Gondar. 
There I was to teach him every thing he had feen. We now 
fwore perpetual friend{hip ; and a horn or two of hydromel 
being emptied, I introduced the cafe of our fellow-travel- 
lers, and obtained a promife that we fhould have leave to 
fet out together. He would, moreover, take no awide, and 
faid he would be favourable in his report to Gondar. 
Martrers were fo far advanced, when a fervant of Mi- 
chael’s arrived, fent by.Petros, (Janni’s brother) who had ob- 
tained him from Ozoro Efther. This put an end to allour 
difficulues. Our young foldier alfo kept his word, and a 
mere trifle of awide was given, rather by the Moor’s own de- 
fire than from demand, and the report of our baggage, and 
dues thereon, were as low as could be withed. Our friend 
likewife fent his own fervant to Gondar with the billet to 
accompany the caravan. But the news brought by his fer- 
vant were ftill better than all this. Ras Michacl had actual- 
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