Shekh, and went away, whifpering, two and two together.
The k in g ’s fervant joined his companion, w ho told me to be
ready, and fear nothing, for he would fee me to-morrow
p igh t at Beyla.
A b o u t h a lf an hour after m y return home I was again
nailed to the Shekh, who had only the Moullah and the old
Kaiya fitting by, him, with two ihort letters in his hand
from Yafine, fu ll o f reproaches for his behaviour to me, and
d e c l a r i n g with molt folemn oaths, th a t‘i f thofe letters found
me at Teawa, or i f I was not gone from thence in peace, he
would, before a fortnight was elapfed, be down as an enemy
Upon Teawa; and unlefs the D.aveina did engage to burn
every ftalk o f corn between that and Beyla as foon as i t
was in the ear, he would flint Abyflinia againft them, and
that they ihould neither eat bread nor drink water in it as
long as he was alive and governor o f Ras el Feel. Thefe
letters mentioned a complaint likewife that had been fent
to Shekh Adelan at Sennaar, but b y whom they did not fay,
probably from Ay to Confu, complaining o f Fidele’s ufage to
me. Yafine’s men, that brought the letters from Ras el
Feel to Teawa, were faid to be three in number, mounted on
camels, or dromedaries, and armed with coats of mail and
head-pieces. They refufed to come into Teawa, to eat o f
Shekh Fidele’s bread V o r drink o f his water, looking upon
him as a declared enemy o f Yafine, their matter. Fidele
with fome difficulty at laft allowed black Soliman to go to
meet them, to perfuade them to enter the town ; but all to
* This fefuial among the Arabs is a declaration o f the moll deadly enmity.
no purpofe, for the only favour he could obtain was, that
they ihould ftay with t h e Jehakia at Jibbel I f r i f f t i l l they
heard I was fairly fet out on my journey.
T he next day, the 16th o f April, I received a meffage
from the Moullah, that the camels were all ready, that girbas
for the water were wanting, but girbas ihould be found
for m e ; and he would give me his word they ihould be
found filled at the river where I directed ; as alfo all forts
o f provifions and neCeffaries to carry me to Beyla, to which
place I ihould fet out the momfflt I pleafed; only that I
mutt not go from Teawa without making peace with the
Shekh, and promifing to forgive him, and not make any
complaint againft him at Sennaar or eliewhere,provided he,
on his part, gave over all further machinations againft me.
I anfwered, That however ill ufed, yet^for his fake, I would
■do any thing he wiftied me' to do, and that I was ready
to pacify Yafine, b y writing to him b y the return o f his
meffengers. All was agreed, fo we packed up our baggage
with the utmoft diligence.
On the 17th, in the forenoon, I was appointed to meet
the Shekh at his own houfe, and told the Moullah I expedl-
ed he would have the camels ready. As we fufpe cited, our
girbas were infufficient, and indeed we had found them fo
when they loft our water in the wood near 1 mgellalib; we got
three new ones from the Shekh in perfeft good condition,
and gave h im our two in exchange, which were fumething
larger than his. Each o f thefe ikins are valued at 12 dob
la rs,or about three pounds fterling. There is great art and
labour required in making the feams w a t e r - t ig h t th e y are
V o l. IV. & E