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Many Mahometans came tothe Angrab to’meet ‘the ca- 
ravan. They all knew of my coming perfectly, and I foon 
explained my fituation. I had Janni’s letters to Negadé Ras 
Mahomet, the chief of the Moors at Gondar, and principal 
‘merchant in Abyflinia, who was abfent likewife with the 
army. But one of his brethren, a fagacious, open-hearted 
man, defired me not to be difcouraged; that, as I had not ~ 
‘put off my Moorifh:drefs, I fhould continue it; that a houfe 
was provided for Mahomet Gibberti, and thofe that were 
with him, and that he would put me immediately into pof- 
feffion of it, where I might ftay, free from any intercourfe 
with the priefts, till. Petros or the Ras fhould return to Gon- 
dar. This advice | embraced with great readinefs, as there 
was nothing I was fo much afraid of as an encounter with 
fanatical priefts ‘before I had obtained fome protection from 
government, or the great people in the country. After ha- 
ving concerted thefe meafures, I refigned myfelf to the di- 
rection of my Moorifh friend Hagi Saleh. 
We moved along the Angrab, having Gondar on our 
right fituated upon a hill, and the river on our left, pro- 
ceeding down till its junction with a fmaller ftream, called 
the Kahha, that joins it at the Moorith town. This fituation, 
near running water, is always chofen by the Mahometans 
on account of their frequent ablutions. The Moorith town 
at Gondar may confift of about 3000 houfes, fome of them 
fpacious and good. I was put in poffeffion of a very neat 
one, -deftined for Mahomet Gibberti. Flour, honey, and 
fuch-like food, Mahometans and Chriftians eat promifcu- 
oufly, and fo far I was well fituated. As for flefh, although 
ahere was abundance of it, I could not touch a bit of it, be- 
ang killed by Mahometans, as that communion would have 
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