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inftant, Aylo’s fervant, took hold:of me by the-fhoulder: tox 
hurry me out of the tent. Fafil feemed to be a: good. deak: 
concerned, for the blood ftreamed out upon my clothes. 
The old man likewife afliled me when out of the tent; b 
found he was Guebra Ehud, Ayto Aylo’s: brother, whofe» 
fervant we had met on the road. I returned thensto.my> 
tent, and the blood was foon ftaunched by wafhing my face~ 
with cold water. I fat down to recollect myfelf; and the: 
more I calmed, the more I was diffatisfied. at being put: 
off my guard; but it is impoflible to.conceive the provoca=. 
tion without having proved it.. [have felt but too often how 
much the love of our native foil increafes by our abfence- 
from it;. and how jealous we are of comparifons made to. 
the difadvantage of our countrymen by people who, all pro-. 
per allowances being made, are generally not their equals,, 
when they would boaft themfelves their fuperiors. I will: 
confefs further, in gratification to my critics,that I was, from: 
my infancy, of a fanguine, paflionate difpofition ; very fen-. 
fible of injuries that I had neither provoked nor deferved;- 
but much reflection, from very early life, continual habits. 
of fuffering in long and dangerous travels, where nothing: 
but patience would do, had, I flattered myfelf, abundantly- 
fubdued my natural pronenefs to feel offences, which, come. 
mon fenfe might teach me, I could only revenge upon my-- 
felf. ; 
However, upon further confulting my own breaft, I found 
there was another caufe had co-operated ftrongly with the 
former in making me lofe my temper at this time, which, 
upon much greater provocation, | had never done before. 
1 found now, as I thought, that it was decreed decifively my 
hopes of arriving at-the fource of the Nile were for ever 
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