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the invariable mode in which the Galles receiv- 
ed a stranger, thereby proving at once their res- 
pect for him, and their own prowess. Our tra- 
veller then thought fit to take it in good part, 
though he inwardly grieved that he should have 
placed himself in the power of men, who testified 
their hospitality by such tokens. He contrived, 
however, to draw from them an oath^ made in 
their most sacred manner, by placing their hands 
over the head of a sheep smeared with butter, 
that no injury should be done to him. Inquiring 
then the route to Abyssinia, he was assured that 
that country lay at an immense distance, and 
that nine barbarous nations intervened, among 
whom his life would not for a moment be in safety. 
He gave up, therefore, all idea of proceeding in 
this direction. Before leaving the coast, he was 
seized with a violent fever, which required blood- 
letting, and thus afforded him a specimen of 
Moorish surgery. The operator laid bare his side, 
to which he fastened three large horns ; theti 
drawing out a species of rusty poinard, made suc- 
cessive wounds with it, till a sufficient quantity 
of blood had flowed. Our traveller recovered 
from that moment ; but whether from the natural 
effect of the operation, or from the violent agita- 
tion of fear into which it threw him, he was un- 
able to determine. 
The next attempt was made by the way of Dun- 
