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‘pricl, Ozoro Efther’s fteward, to him; by which he very arch- 
ly alluded to the battle of Fagitta, where that drunkard, 
fhooting from behind a tree, and killing one Galla, made 
all the reft fly for fear of the zibib. 
Douo being thus difmiffed, the whole army advanced im- 
mediately at a very brifk pace, hooping and f{creaming, as is 
their cuftom, in a moft harfh and barbarous manner, crying 
-out Hatzé Ali! Michael Ali! But Fafil, who faw the forward 
countenance of the king’s troops, and that a few minutes 
would lay him under neceffity of rifking a battle, which he 
did not intend, withdrew his troops at a {mart trot over the 
fmooth downs, returning towards Bofkon Abbo. It feems, 
_as we heard afterwards, he was in as great anxiety about 
the fate of Welleta Yafous, of whom he had no intelligence, 
as we had been for that of Kefia Yafous; and he had gotas 
yet no intelligence till he had taken Welleta Michael prifon- 
er; he had heard no firing, nor did he confequently know 
whether Kefla Yafous had paiffed the Nile with the Ras or 
not; he had, therefore, left his camp, and marched with his 
horfe only to take a view of Michael, but had no fort of in- 
tention to give him battle; and he was now very much ex- 
afperated againft both Gufho and Powuflen, by whom he 
faw plainly that he had been betrayed. : 
Tus is what was called the battle of Limjour, from a 
village burnt by Ras Michael laft campaign, which ftood 
where the two trees are; the name of a battle is furely 
more thanit deferves. Had Fafil been half as willing as the 
Ras, it could not have failed. being a decifiveone. The Ras, 
who faw that Fafil would not fight, eafily penetrated his rea~ 
fons, and no fooner:was he gone, and-his own drums filent, 
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