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Necapez Ras Mauomert, of whom we have already fpoken;, 
brother to Hagi Saleh, who had procured: me my firft lodg- 
ing at Gondar, was head of all the Mahometans in that ca- 
pital, nay, Imay fay, in Abyflinia. He, too; was a:favourite 
of the Ras, and fhewed the fame attachment to-me,. on: ac- 
count of Metical Aga, as had his brother Saleh:. This man. 
came to me one morning, and'told me, that Yafine; whom. 
Ehad brought with me to Abyflinia, and was recommended 
tome by Metical Aga, had married Abdel Jelleel’s daughter, 
and that a fon of Saleh had married'a daughter of Yafine’s.. 
He faid there was not a man in Abyflinia that was a braver. 
foldier and better horfeman than Yafine;. that he had no: 
love for money, but was a: man of probity and honour, as. 
indeed I had always found him ; that the people of.Ras el. 
Feel, to a man, wifhed to have him for.their governor in the’ 
room of Abdel Jelleel; and that all the Arabs, as well as: 
Shekh Fidele, governor of. Atbara, for Sennaar, wifhed the: 
fame. 
Mauomer did not dare to {peak for fear of Ozoro Efthery;, 
who was thought to favour Abdel Jelleel, but. he promifed,, 
that, if Ayto Confu would appoint him inftead of Abdel Jel-- 
leel, he would give him 50 ounces of gold, befides what Yas. 
fine fhould allow upon his fettlement, and would. manage: 
the aftair with Michael when he had leave fo to do.. He- 
added, that his brother Saleh fhould furnifh Yafine with: 
200 men from the Mahometans at Gondar, completely arm-- 
ed with their firelocks, and commanded by young Saleh im 
perfon.. 
Ewas not at this time any judge of the expediency of- 
«he meafure ; but one refolution I had made, and deter-. 
| mined. 
