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manner, and that I certainly did not feel disposed to yield to 
another a superiority which I should (had it been required) 
have denied to him/' This message, I believe, alarmed the 
young chief, for in a few minutes afterwards he paid me a visit, 
made many apologies for what had happened, declaring that it 
was only his manner, and that he should have acted in a very 
different way when his people had been withdrawn,'' telling me 
at the same time that he had put his servant into confinement 
who had behaved with so much insolence on our first arrival at 
Adowa ; and that he therefore hoped I would overlook the 
past, and be friends." Having accomplished my purpose, by 
shewing what I conceived might prove a salutary lesson to the 
Baharnegash, and the other Abyssinians present, who were to 
attend us to the coast, I consented to overlook what had occurred, 
and thenceforth every thing went on satisfactorily on both sides. 
A fresh repast was prepared in the evening, at which the lady 
made her appearance, and our host himself exhibited a liveliness 
of humour, and an alteration in his manner, that satisfied me at 
once that his rude behaviour in the morning had, from some 
unknown cause, been intentional. 
On the following day, during our stay at Adowa, I was re- 
quested to pay a visit to a sick man, supposed to be at the point 
of death, but before I could reach him he was no more. The dis- 
ease with which he had been afflicted is called Tigre-ter, a species 
of fever, for which the remedy in use among the Abyssinians is 
somewhat extraordinary. On a person being seized with this com- 
plaint, the relatives expose to his sight all the ornaments of gold, 
silver and fine clothes which their respective friends can collect. 
