THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, ey 
. He informed them of the king’s grant to me of the village of 
Geeth; that Fafil’s tyranny and avarice would end that day, 
and another matter, like Negadé Ras Georgis, was come to 
pafs a chearful time among them, with a refolution to pay 
for every labour they were ordered to perform, and purchafe 
all things for ready money: he added, moreover, that no 
military fervice was further to be exacted from them, either 
by the king or governor of Damot, nor from their prefent 
mafter, as he had no enemies. We found thefe news had: 
circulated with great rapidity, and we met with a hearty 
welcome upon our arrival at the village. 
Woxpo had afked a houfe from the Shum, who very ci- 
villy had granted me his own; it was juft large enough to 
ferve me, but we were obliged to take pofleflion of four or 
five others, and we were fcarcely fettled in thefe-when a 
fervant arrived from Fafil to intimate to the Shum his fur- 
rendry of the property and fovereignty of Geefh to me, in 
confequence of a grant from the king: he browght with 
him a fine, large, milk-white cow, two fheep, and two 
goats; the fheep and goats I underftood were from Wel- 
leta Yafous. Fafil alfo fent us fix jars of hydromel, fifty 
wheat loaves of very excellent bread, and to this Welleta 
Yafous had added two middle-fized horns of excellent ftrong 
fpirits. Our hearts were now perfectly at eafe, and we pafied 
a very merry evening. Strates, above all, endeavoured, with 
many a bumper of the good hydromel of Buré, to fubdue 
the devil which he had fwallowed in the inchanted water.. 
-Woldo, who had done his part to great perfection, and had - 
reconciled the minds of all the people of the village to us, 
had a little apprehenfion for himfelf; he thought he had 
loft credit with. me,.and therefore employed the fervant of 
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