THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. a17 
head: He was lean, old, and apparently much fatigued; fat 
itooping upon an excellent mule, that carried him fpeedily 
without fhaking him; he had alfo fore eyes. As we faw 
the place where he was to light by four crofs lances, and a 
cloth thrown over them like a temporary tent, upon an 
eminence, we did not {peak to him till he alighted. Petros 
and the Greek prieft, befides fervants, were the only people 
with me, Francis * had joined us upon our meeting the 
Ras. 
We alighted at the fame time he did, and afterwards, 
with anxiety enough we deputed the Greek prieft, who was 
a friend of Michael, to tell him who I was, and that I was 
come to meet him. The foldiers made way, and I came up, 
took him by the hand, and kiffed it. He looked me broad 
in the face for a fecond, repeated the ordinary falutation in 
Tigre. “How do you do? [hope you are well;” and pointed 
to.a place where I was tofit down. - A thoufand complaints, 
and a thoufand orders came immediately before him, from 
a thoufand mouths, and we were nearly fmothered; but he 
took no notice of me, nor did he afk for one of his family. 
Tn fome minutes after came the king, who paffed at fome 
diftance to the left of him; and Michael was then ied out 
of the fhelter of his tent to the door, where he was fupport- 
‘ed on foot till the king paffed by, having firft pulled off the 
towel that was upon his head, after which he returned to — 
his feat in the tent again. 
VoL. Hit, Ee | THE 
* Aman much attached to Michael, and had been preferred by him to many commandss 
and cenfequently was the only Greek that could be called a good foldier. 
