all itifclied m.oft dexteroufly,,ftrongly greafed, and then laid
Over thick on the outfide with warm tar, and need conftant
care and infperiion. About nine o’clock we went to the.
Shekh, and entered prefently upon bufinefs. I engaged 'to
pacify-Yafine, whofe fervants, upon my meffage, came'to
tow-iV-to fee me depart,' and were kindly received .and.
cloatliecf by-the Shekh. A large breakfaft was ordered; Fi-
dele and I, with Yafine’s fervants, ate together o f feveral
Very good difties. { The two holy men, and another ftran-
ger- equally; holy-, atc.together out o f a feparate plate;; ; after
which we all flood up, and faid the prayer o f peace,
and I took m y leave. We all then went out together into,
the market-place, and eight camels were ordered, down to
my houfe, wjth people to wait upon them.
T hi; gii'bas, which lay filled and foaking" at the rive--,
fide,"were ready to bp loaded upon our camels. A feryantv
o f the Kaiya held my horfe, which had been taken from
me by Fidele loon after my arriving at Teawa, but which
was now reftored me. My fervant who came from Sen-
naar had indeed told me that no horfes would live there;
that thofe that were necefiary for the troops o f the government
were all kept-at a diftance from Sennaar, and maintained
at Aira, or places, in the fand at a fmall diftance, but
free from the plague o f the fly. The Shekh made no ob-
fervation upon this. I faid, The horfe.is a very excellent orie,
and I will now fhew him to you. I fent for a ihort double*
barrelled gun, .threw off my burnoofe, and mounting the;
horfe, made him do -every thing he was capable of, putting
him to his fu ll fpeed, firing to right and left on each
fide o f him.
£ ii , . T hey,
1 Tüey were all ftrUck with amazement, and with a kind
0 # t e r r o r . - T h e y 1 h a d n e v e r ’ b e f o r e f e e n a g u a ' f i r e d o n h o r e -
back, much lefs a igün fired twice without charging,
did not want to explain the matter to them ; and, as tar as
I could perceive, the Moullah efpecially was very glad
when T fcnt it home. “ th i s is the way, faid I, that my
countrymen ride',.-and; the way th e y fight ; .no people on
garth underftand fire-arms or horfemanlliip like them.
For my part, I am a man o f peace, a Dervifti, and no fol-;
dier • • it is not my profeffion, and I do the thing aukward-
ly I ’i f you fawJfome o f our foldiers ride; it would b e a
fight indeed.« ' Fidele laughed, o f counterfeited a laugh,
but being a foldier, it was his part to fay fomething. If
many o f yo u r countrymen like you were here, man of
■peace as y o u are.Uniefs they were friends to us the y w ou ld
get all Atbara to themfelvesi If they were friends, fays e,
I think I could do fomething with them ; that horfe feems
to have the fenfe o f a man.”— “ Such as he is, , faid I, dif-
mounting, a prince gave him to me, and fuch as he is I
now give him to you, as a proof that l am your friend
and that I ftiùuld not grudge you a few paltry piafters, it
I h a d not been under a vow o f poverty ; money is of no
kind o f value to me, and con feq u en tlyn o t carried a-
bout with me.” The horfe was gladly received, though, as
Ï was going to Sennaar, where no horfes are kept, the
compliment was a cheap onè on my part.
“ How could you, Fidele, fays the Moullah in great fur-
prife, have it in your heart to torment fuch a man as th is i
I told you what he Was, our books fpeak o f them : they are
hot Kafrs, but fpend all their lives in wandering over the
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