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when he faw him ftand upright upon his legs, and jump 
forward, or afide, with all four feet off the ground. 
WE paffed the brook of St Raphael, a fuburb of Gondar, 
where is the houfe of the Abuna; and upon coming in fight 
of the palace of Kofcam, we all uncovered our heads, and rode 
flowly. As Aylo was all-powerful with the Iteghé, indeed 
her firft counfellor and friend, our admittance was eafy and 
immediate. We alighted, and were fhewn intoa low room in 
the palace. Ayto Aylo went immediately to the queen to 
inquire about Welled Hawaryat, and his audience lafted 
two long hours. He returned to us with thefe news, that 
Welled Hawaryat was much better, by a medicine a faint 
from Waldubba had given him, which confifted in fome 
characters written with common ink upon a tin plate, which 
characters were wafhed off by a medicinal liquor, and then 
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given him to drink. It was agreed, however, that the com- 
plaint was the fmall-pox, and the good it had done him 
was, he had ate heartily of brind, or raw beef after it, tho’ 
he had not ate before fince his arrival, but called perpetually 
for drink. Aylo faid he was to remain at Kofcam till towards 
evening, and defired me to meet him at his own houte 
when it turned dark, and to bring Petros with me, if he was 
returned. 
PETROS was returned when I arrived, and waited for me 
at Hagi Saleh’s houfe. Although he fhewed all the figns of 
my being welcome, yet it was eafy to read in his countenance 
he had not fucceeded according to his with, in his iaterview 
with Michael, or that he-had met fomething that had ruffled 
and frightened him anew. And, indeed, this laft was the 
cafe, for going to the Ras’s tent, he had feen the ftuffed {kin 
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