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ed; but he laid-all the blame upon the priefts;-of- whofe ai 
information he was nibh nsliniaa hil (io whedit hon fe 
hh ad 7a a ‘ 
Ar three quarters sfiver ster dat Pele morning. we pafled k, 
the fmall river Aroofli, which either. gives its name to, or 
receives it from the diftriét through which it -pafles: it 
falls into the Nile about four miles below; is a clear, fmall, _ 
brifk<ftream ; its banks covered with verdure not to be aay 
‘{cribed. At half an hour before noon we came to Roo; it is — 
a level fpace, fhaded round with trees in a fmall plain, 
where the neighbouring people of Goutto, Agow, and 
Maitfha hold a market for hides, honey, butter, and-all 
kinds of cattle. Gold too is brought by the Agows from. 
the neighbouring Shangalla; all the markets in Aby‘flinia 
are held in fuch places as this in the open fields, and un- 
der the fhade of trees: every body, while he is there, is fafe 
under the protection of the government where that mar- — 
ket is kept, and no feuds or private animofities mutt be re- 3 
fented there; but they that have enemies muft take care of — | 
themfelves in coming and going, for then beh are at their | 
own rifk. 
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‘In the ae bed of a river, at ‘the foot af a {mall wood 
before you afcend: the market-place at Roo, we: found the 
Lomb, our friend the ‘fumper’s brother, concealed very much 
like a thief in a hole, where we might eafily have pafled 
him unnoticed; we gave him fome tobacco, of which he | 
was very fond, and a few trifles. We afked him what quef- © « 
tions we pleafed about the roads, which he anfwered plain- 
ly, fhortly, and difcreetly ; he affured us no Maitfha ‘peo- 
ple had pafled, not even to the market, and this we found | 
afterwards was ftri@tly true; forfuch as had intelligence — 
4. “that 
