not three ounces o f gold in all m y pofieffion. It is o f no;
ufe to me in my country; take- all my cafes and boxes,,
and fearch them ; the gold that you find there I freely give-
you, and.without referve. As for the cloth o f gold, which?
I have, it is a prefent from the k in g o f Abyffinia to the k in g
o f Sennaar, to be delivered with his letter; I have likewi'fe a-
prefent to Shekh Adelan, with a letter to him ; and fome •
other trifles for Sennaar, prefents to people in government.:
look at them; i f you think they are too great, apply toyoUT
own ufe what part o f them you pleafe, and account with-
the k in g and Adelan for what you take from them, -with
your reafon for fo doing.- The little money I may want at
Sennaar, Hagi Belal, Metical Aga’s fervant from Mecca, will
fum ifh me with, and, upon my letter; w ill take payment for
the amount from my countrymen on board the Kail India
fhips at Jidda. As for force, do not deceive y o u r fe lf; i f a l l :
thofe cafes were gold it never would be in your power to open
one o f them.- Do not think that I am a g i r lo r a child ; eon—
fiderthe dangerand difficulties I have palled,under God’s protection
only, and by my own force and cou ra g e : I am well i
armed, and have brave men about me, fo try your force
when you pleafe.. I dare • fay you w ill keep yourfelf out of.
danger, to give an account o f your brave exploit to the k in g ;
o f Sennaar afterwards.”’ I then arofe, and faid, “ Good;
evening.” The Shekh called after me to flay. I fa id ,.“ Ano--
ther t im e ! a n d immediately left him.
We had hitherto been fupplied plentifully- with provi—
lions from the Shekh’s houfc once a-day. When I came.;
home at night, I found that after Magrib, which is after fun—
fet, a large ftore had been fent b y the ladies from the ■
Shekh’s- houfe, as acknowledgements fo r the attention I; had ;
p a id f
paid them; but no particular meflage, except than .that
they , had been exceedingly well after ; the ir medicines, and
hoped I would not abandon them, but lee them again.. A
Greek fervant o f mine, who k n ew perfectly their cullonts,
had anfwered,...that I- certainly, would wait.iipon them.when-
the Shekh fhould defire me fo to do, !
T h e weathei'was extremely hot, and’peaplè, avoiding/un-
ihine o f the day, generalij- fat up the whole o f the might, -
enjoyingthe only hours when it was poffible to breathe: freely.
It was about eleven o’clock at night, when the old Kaiya,
whom I never faw but upon thefe occafions, came to me
for coffee, o f which he drank at leaft twenty dilhes every
vifit. He. appeared at tiril very moderate, and, as he pretended,
a friend. Bût immediately afterwards, being/feared,
and: affuiûing a dew k in d o f air and tone of/voice, he
reproved me roundly for m y . b ehav iou r tQ the Shekh that
day. He. extolled him highly for his generpfitv, courag e,.
and his g rea t inteEefl at Sennaar; from his father’s merits«,,
and fnom his having married Shekh Adelanîs daughter,
Hé faid, it was the gréareft prefumption, in a fet o f infidels
like us, to behave in the manner we had done to Eidele that
day, Hagi Soliman, anfwered I, ..youare an old;man ; i f
years have not given you wifdom, your journey to Meeca,
and converfàtion.withperfons o f all nations there, fhould at
lèaft have taught you an appeapaace of ir, which,- at this tim e,,
y o u have not. I am,here, .immediately under the protection
o f the iherriffe o f Mecca, the chief o f your religion, and
Metical Aga his m-iniiler. 1 have letters from the k in g o f f
Abyffinia to your k in g o f Sennaar, requefiingnnly, under
the faith o f nations, to pafs through; your country in m y
w a y to .Cairo,-, to rejoin A ltB e y , whole phyfician I am, and i
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