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rian court. The kings of Mexico were denominat- 
ed hackers of men, and drinkers of blood. The 
king of Achem in Sumatra is designated, Lord of 
heaven and earth, and of the four and twenty 
umbrellas, who is as spiritual as a ball is round, 
The emperor of Monomotapa receives the titles 
of Great Magician, and Great Thief During 
the space of three years that Mr Browne continued 
in Darfur, affairs continued in the same situation $ 
he sometimes acted as a physician ; his Egyptian 
broker attempted to poison him when he could not 
accomplish his assassination ; symptoms of violence 
appeared in the populace ; his resources of sub- 
sistence were almost exhausted, and the Sultan's 
permission to depart from Darfur could not be 
procured. Mr Browne had now resource to ar- 
tifice, and insinuated to the chief of the caravan, 
and the principal merchants, the danger of appear- 
ing without him in Egypt, alleging that he had 
been able to dispatch to that country intelligence 
of his situation in Darfur. These insinuations 
had their effect, and, by the solicitations of the in- 
timidated merchants, he was graciously permitted 
by the Sultan to join the caravan, and arrived at 
Assiut in Egypt in the summer 1796, after an ab- 
sence of nearly three years. In Darfur, Mr 
Browne made numerous inquiries concerning the 
neighbouring nations, and the territories which they 
inhabited, and collected many curious notices. 
