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This Mahometan deputy was named Abdel Jelleel, a great 
coward, who had refufed to bring out his men, tho’ fum- 
moned, to join the king when marching againft Fafil. He 
had alfo quarrelled with the Daveina, and robbed them, fo 
that they traded no more with Ras el Feel, brought no more 
horfes, and the diftrict was confequently nearly ruined, 
whilft a great outcry was raifed againft Abdel Jelleel by the 
merchants who ufed to trade at'that market, not having 
now money enough to pay the meery. 
Ammownios, his Billetana Gueta, was the perfon Ayto Confu - 
had deftined to go to Ras el Feel to reduce it to order, and 
difplace Abdel Jelleel ; but Ras Michael had put him as a 
man of truft over the black horfe under me, fo he was em- 
ployed otherwife. Confu himfelf was now preparing to go 
thither to fettle another deputy in the place of Abdel Jelleel, 
and he had afked the affiftance of troops from the king, by 
which this came to my knowledge. 
Tue firft time I faw Ozoro Efther, I told her, that, unlefs 
fhe had a mind to have her fon die f{peedily, fhe fhould, by 
every means in her power, diffuade him from his journey 
to Ras el Feel, being a place where the bloody flux never 
ceafed to rage; and this complaint had never perfectly left 
him fince he had had the fmall-pox, but had wore him to a 
fhadow. ‘There could be no furer way therefore of deftroy- 
ing him than letting him go thither as he propofed. He 
had been for fome time indeed taking bark, which had 
done him great fervice. His mother Ozoro Efther, the Iteghe, 
whofe firft favourite he was, and all his friends, now took 
the alarm, upon which the Ras forbade him pofitively to 
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