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49 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
by the Affar, the’ Asvofli sire pen. Hi dr midthof thar 
diftrict, ¢vInIwy 10 m3) 
, el ' q eh is why 
Mv anxiety to lofe no time in this journey had acter 
ned me to fet out this afternoon. I had for-this purpofe dif 
patched Ozoro Efther’s fervant, but when we began to: ftrike 
our tents,-we were told neither’ beaft nor man ‘was capable 
of going farther that day ; in a word, the forced march ‘thar 
we had made of 29 miles without reft, and with but little 
food, had quite jaded our mules; ourmen, too, who carried 
the quadrant, declared, that, without a night’s-reft, they could. 
proceed no farther; we were then obliged to make a virtue 
of neceflity; and to confefs, that, fince we could go no farther}. 
we were in the moft convenient halting place poffible,. ha+ 
ving plenty of both food and water, and as to protection, we 
had every reafon to be fatisfied that we were matters of the: 
country in which we were encamped. It was generally 
agreed therefore to relax that day. I fet afide an hour to ‘put 
thefe memoirs in order, and then joined our fervants, who,. 
on fuch occafions, are always our companions, and who: 
had provided a fmall horn full of fpirits, and a jar full of 
beer, or bouza, by offering fome trifling prefent to our com- 
mandant. the Fumper, who was much more tenacious of his 
drink than his meat: wefwam.and dabbled with great delight 
in the Kelti, where are neither crocodiles nor gomari ; ; flept 
a little afterwards, and retired into the tent to a fupper, which: 
would: have been a chearful -one'could I are forgot me 
Ozoro Efther was f si 3 aenit: 
We now began to difcufs the motive that had induced 
our friend Strates again to tempt the danger of the ways.. 
This fingular fellow, as we lcarned from Guebra Mariam, 
