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brought my letter without their consent, that they had resolved not 
to meet me at the island, and had desired him to say, if I had any 
propositions to make^ that I must come over to Madir, otherwise 
I was welcome to leave the place. I sent them word in answer, 
that I certainly should adopt the latter course, if they persisted 
in such a resolution ; that I positively would not go to Madir, 
and that, unless they chose to meet me on the island, I would 
immediately proceed to Massowa. 
Alii Manda undertook to convey this message, and said, that 
as the remainder of the day and probably the night might be 
consumed in discussing the matter, he would on the following 
morning either bring the refractory chiefs, or return himself and 
assist me in arranging my future proceedings. They, however, were 
not so inflexible as he had expected ; for in the evening Wursum 
came off with an apology from the discontented party, and a 
promise that they would meet me at the tents by eight o'clock on 
the following morning. The wind having come round to the 
northward during the day, I dispatched Wursum' s boat a second 
time to Mocha. 
On the 9th, I went to the island, and found Alii Goveta wait- 
ing my arrival with about eighteen of the principal chiefs 
belonging to the neighbouring tribes. On their being seated. 
Alii Goveta congratulated me on my having received commu- 
nications from Abyssinia, and wished to be informed what I had 
to propose. 
I told him that my letters proved very satisfactory, that the 
Ras, delighted at my arrival, had expressed a strong desire that I 
would hasten to him as speedily as possible, and that as he enter- 
