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Accordingly on the 8th, the Ras, attended by about thirty of his 
most confidential people, ascended the mountain, and soon arrived 
at the place where the interview had been appointed : when it 
came, however, to the point, Liban, who was a very young man, 
became so much alarmed, through the dread he entertained of 
Ras Welled Selasse, that he did not dare to come down ; in con- 
sequence of which, the Ras, with the daring intrepidity for which 
he is at all times so much distinguished, took Mr. Pearce and 
two of his bravest jagonahs,"' or fighting men,"' and advanced 
into the midst of Liban's camp, where they found the young 
chief seated on a rude stone, in front of a body of his people. 
It is scarcely possible to imagine a more striking instance of 
the superiority which intrepid spirit and mental ability confer 
in a barbarous country, than that which was exhibited on the 
present occasion ; for though the Ras was so feeble, that he 
could scarcely walk unsupported, and Liban, on the contrary, 
possessed all the strength and energy of youthful vigour, yet, on 
the approach of the old man, he was evidently awed, and it was 
some time before he could collect his thoughts sufiiciently to 
enter upon the proposed conversation. In a short time, however, 
he recovered his spirits, and in the course of the discussion which 
ensued, it was settled that the Ras should desist from further 
hostility, on condition of Liban's pledging himself for the future 
good conduct of Gojee ; the latter, on his part, accepting the 
guarantee, and binding himself never again to invade the Abys- 
sinian territoy during the life of the Ras. 
Previously to my tracing the Ras' s progress back to his capital, 
it may, in this place, be proper to introduce a short account of 
