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lieving the reft, the king’s two nagareets were brought to 
the door of the tent, where, to our very great furprife, we 
heard it proclaimed, “ Fafil is governor of the Agow, Maitfha, 
Gojam, and Damot; profperity to him, and long may he live 
a faithful fervant to the king our mafter!’——-This was an 
extraordinary revolution in fo fmall a fpace of time. It was 
fearce 43 hours fince Fafil had laid a fcheme for drowning 
the greater part of the army in the Nile, and cutting the 
throats of the refidue on both fides of it; it was not twenty- 
four hours, fince he had met us to fight 1n open field, and 
now he was become the king’s lieutenant-general in four 
of the moft opulent provinces of Abyflinia. This was pro- 
duced, however, by the neceflity of the times, and both pat- 
ties were playing at the fame game who {fhould over-reach 
the other. Fafil’s meffengers were magnificently cloathed, 
and it was firft intended they fhould have gone back to him ; 
but, after reflection, another perfon was fent, thefe two chu- 
fing to go to Gondar with the king to remain hoftages for 
Fafil’s word, and to bring back his inveftiture from thence 
to Buré. The whole camp abandoned itfelf to joy. 
Late inthe evening Ozoro Efther came to the king’s tent. 
She had been ill, and alarmed, as {he well might, at the 
- paflage of the Nile, which had given hera more delicate 
look than ordinary; fhe was dreffed all in white, and I 
thought I feldom had feen fo handfome a woman. The 
king, as I have mentioned, had fent ten oxen to Ras Michael, 
but he had given twenty to Ozoro Efther; and it was to 
thank him for this extraordinary mark of favour that fhe 
had come to vifit him in his tent, “I had for fome time patt, 
indeed, thought they were not infenfible to the merit of 
each other,. Upon her thanking the king for the diftinction 
ea he 
