fo r w h k ll I had1 rèv?krdèd: hirh Hahldfdineljf iS thë iSflkfttj,
glad o f that opportunity o f confiiihing fiihida Hii 'ditty.
T h i s th an wfe fé t i j f f tô |ib b e iT fr i^ à s :â-ftfkhgei->.\fithi
ordèts not tb eiime to iid till ■ the third daÿ-s fo fW ew e r e -
well-përfüàd’ed, wbitèvë r the end?\vâs to bev tliât otir. fifed;
réception, would be ^gracious one,’ . Indeed: We wêrë all of.
us in clinedto believe^ that our fufpiclons o f Fidèle Sliekh of-
Atbat-a, and o f his intentions towards us, were rather the?
effeids o f the fear thalShekh Nile ha'd.infufed irttd us, than,
any dpprehenfioh w h ich 1 we could réafôhablÿ forin after fo
many proniifes ; at the fame tithe, it was agreed on alh
hands, that, life being ât Hake, we could not be too careful:
in providing means that could, i f the word happened, at.
the lead. diminiih our riik.
CHARA
• c h a p . v . . .... ’ i
fyraufactions <ft, 'Teawa— Attempts j f ’dbt Shckh to detain 'the.Adihor
.(¡¡ere Adnuni/itr Medicim to him and fits fVivejt—rVarious fanveffatiens
with hirn, andlrj/lan&spf hfs Treachery, j j
A T.the pailage o f th e lm a llr iv e r .a b o n t aqu ar ter o f a
,ipile4pomTeawa,;we ;were ,met h y p ,m a il ,on horfe-
hack, ¿loathed with ;a large, loofe gown o f red camlet, o f
foipe fqch ftpffj syph a white mufhn turban u pophis head,
ppd about ao naked, beggarly fervants on foot, withlances,
hu t no ihields ; two ¿n a il drums were heating, and a pipe
playing before them. He ilopt Upon my coming near them,
and affe&ed a delicacy in advancing tp falute in e ,,h e bein
g on horfcback, and I upon a m u le ,.fo rm y horfe was led
behind, faddled and bridled, with a loofe blue floth cpver-
in g him. Soliman, pdio firft accofted/him, told hi'ih it was
the cufiom o f A byflinia n ot to mount hprfes but in time o f
.Y.v 4 , . 1 war,