28!h’-in th ' ?VCning 1 went to the Shekh’s houfe
2 ? I T Clne’ Md k anfwered 1 *W expectations. I
obftrved, however when the cup with the ipecacuanha
was w h s hands, that they trembled, and alfo his under
h p. He was apparently at that time under fome apprehen-
on, which his confidence fuggefted, o f what it was in my
power to do to him. In thefe countries they have an erne!
th 7 1 ^ ta e Qccafionally, w hich operates fo violently,
that it often throws them into convulfions. What it may
be know not. Some fay it is the fmall feed o f a flower
lik e the poppy; fome, the pith o f a tree, after it has
been dried and rubbed into a fine powder by the hand •
I r o n t f t d“ ma f ^ “ iS-f ° ftVere “ Pr°P°nion to the
ftrongeft doze o f ipecacuanha, that the latter feemed but
hk e a fport in comparifon. The eafe that warm water oceafioned,
which he had never experienced before, was fo
u n e x p e . e d , that he couId hardly be fatisfied with drinking
After this was over,, all was thankfulnefs, and promifes oft
domg whatever I ihould defire o f him, provided I would
adminifter two or three dozes more to him, and, i f he for
warded me quickly, leave him fome o f the powder, with
f a i i S T a “ take k in my abfence- 'This 1 engaged
in ihe w i l d WC PaMed aPParCDtly the beft fronds
T he 29th, early in the morning, before fun-rife, I had a
meffage from him again by the Kaiya, to whom I gave
Sh T Whlle 1 was dreffing. He told me, the
Shekh was wonderfully well, and never in fuch health and
fpints in his life, but defired that I would come to him in the
evening for two o f his wives were ill of the fame diforder
he h * , « „ f e d m j fd f , „ „ der
Sunday,
Sunday, my feftival, and that I never wpnt out upon any
bufinefs.
T h i s excufe paffed as to the Shekh, but at noon a black
common Have came down with a meffage from her mif-
treffes, who thought the anfwer given to the Kaiya was a
refufal. They faid, they were Carry if I had not meat to m y -
lik in g ; that they dreffed it with their own hands every day
in the beft manner poflible, but they would alter it in-
any refpedt I chofe, i f I would inftruift them. I foon found
how neceffary it was to content my benefadtrefles. I explained
my anfwer to the Shekh about Sunday ; but affured
them, that on Monday evening I fhould be with them, to
vomit them till they were perfectly fatisfied; in the mean
time, I took a'fmall cup, which I filled with civet; and fent
it by the flave to her miftfeffes; giv ing likewife, at the
fame time, two handfuls o f pepper for herfelf.
On the 30th, in the evening I went to the Shekh’s houfe
according to promife, and was carried into a large room,,
where he was fitting alone, fmoaking in an alcove ;T fup-
pofe meditating future mifchief, for he had no other apparent
employment. He was perfectly fober, however, and'
feemed rather th o u gh tfu l; was very civil, and thanked me
in an unufual ftrain o f kindnefs, for the care I had taken
o f his family. I aiked him i f he was recovered. ? He declared,
he had never been fo well in his life as fince I had given,
him the laft vom it; but that he had received very bad news
from Sennaar, that Mahomet Abou Calec (the firft minifter)
had taken the greateft part 6 f the horfe and troops, and was
gone to Kordofan, a,very diftant province, furrounded with
deferts, where he governed independently; and by his man-
3, ners,