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sleep in, where we were under the necessity of crowding all 
together. The man of the house, however, who was a servant of 
the Ras, treated us with great attention, and on bringing the maise, 
presented me with a neatly turned horn, the peculiar manufacture 
of Abyssinia, which was the more acceptable from the obliging 
manner in which it was given. Curry and other provisions were 
prepared, and a cow was offered for our acceptance. The ther- 
mometer was 68°. The length of our days journey we computed 
to be from fourteen to sixteen miles. 
" August 26.— We were on the road at an early hour in the 
morning, and after travelling about five miles, met a Chief on the 
road, who told us that the Ras had appointed a village about two 
miles farther on, for our resting place on the ensuing night ; as 
thence we might easily reach Antalow in the course of the fol- 
lowing day. On our arrival, however, we found no preparations 
made for our reception ; and, in consequence, much altercation 
passed between our guides and the Chief of the place, who, fright- 
ened by their violence, came to throw himself on the ground before 
my mule, with a stone on his neck. As I evidently saw that our 
stay was not wished for, and as it was of importance to lose as little 
time as possible, I determined to proceed. 
• " After travelling about six miles farther over a mountainous 
country, we came to the town of Derhah. This place, from the hill 
by which we approached it, appeared of far more consequence than 
any that we had before seen, being surrounded by a wall and wide 
fosse, and most of the houses being built of stone. There is no resi- 
dent chief at Derhah, as it is under the immediate command of the 
Ras, who has appointed six head-men to rule over it. They paid 
