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' {Aylo’s brother) had been prefent, when Aylo’s fervant fet out 
with us from Bamba under charge of this Woldo. . 
To Woldo, too, I had been very attentive: I had anticipated 
what I faw were his wifhes, by fmall prefents and more con- 
fiderable promifes. I had told him plainly at Bamba, in pre-— 
fence of Fafil’s Fit-Auraris and Ayto Welleta Michael, (Ras 
Michael’s nephew) that I would reward him in their fight 
according to his behaviour ; that I fcarcely thanked him for 
his being barely faithful, for fo he was accountable to his 
mafter, whofe honour was pledged for my fafety ; but that 
I expeCted he would not attempt to impofe upon me, nor 
fuffer others to do fo, nor terrify me unneceflarily upon the 
road, nor obftruct me in my purfuits, be fulky, or refufe to 
anfwer the inquires that I made about the countries through 
which we were to pafs. All this was promifed, repromifed, 
and repeatedly fworn to, and the Fit-Auraris had affured me 
that he knew certainly this man would pleafe me, and that 
Fafil was upon honour when he had chofen him to attend 
me, although he had then ufe for him in other bufinefs ; 
and it is not lefs true, that, during the whole of our jour- 
ney hitherto, he had behaved perfectly to the letter of his 
promife, and I had omitted no opportunity to gratify him ‘ed 
feveral anticipations of mine. 
I uap upon me a large beautiful red-filk fafh, which - 
went fix or feven times round, in which! carried my crook- 
ed knife and two piftols; he had often admired the beauty 
of it, inquired where it was made, and what it might have 
coft. I had anfwered often negligently and at random, and 
I had thought no more of it, as his inquiries had gone no 
further, The time which he had fixed upon was not yet 
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