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lars, and not only granted h.im the privilege of eating on common 
occasions at his table, but sent for him to his feasts at midnight, 
where they were generally favoured with a sight of the fair 
Ozoro Mantwab. At this period, Mr. Pearce married a very 
amiable girl, daughter of an old Greek, named Sidee Paulus ; she 
was much fairer than the natives of the country, and extremely 
agreeable in her manners. 
Affairs continued in this kind of regular train, the Ras going 
about from Moculla to Gibba, from Gibba to Chelicut, and 
from Chelicut to Antalo^ till the end of the rains, when a rebel- 
lion having broken out, headed by my former acquaintance, 
Subegadis, and his brothers Guebra Guro and Agoos, who re- 
fused to come in with their tribute, the Ras marched himself 
early in 1809 in great force to suppress it. The first day carried 
the army to Dola ; the second to Aggula ; the third to Saada 
Amba Haramat ; on the following day it reached Ade-Kulkul in 
Agame ; and on the 6th proceeded to Mokiddo, in the neighbour- 
hood of which the troops continued encamped for two months. Dur- 
ingthistime the army lost many men, andsutfered great annoyance 
from the peculiar species of warfare carried on by its enemies, 
who, during the day-time, invariably retired to inaccessible fast- 
nesses in the mountains ; while at night they ventured abroad, 
and made continual attacks on the Ras's encampment, killing 
every straggler on whom they could lay their hands. 
While the army remained on this spot, Mr. Pearce went out 
on an excursion with Badjerund Tesfos and Shalaka Lafsgee, 
and others of the Ras's people, for the purpose of carrying off , 
some cattle which were known to be secreted in the neighs 
