fterneft manner, and with all the dignity and majefty o f a
king.
. We palled the Ras in the anti-chamber, attended b y a
great many people. We endeavoured to Hide by him in
the crowd, but he noticed us, and brought us before him.
We both k illed his hands, and he kept hold erf one o f mine,
while he alked Engedan, “ Is Fafil at Ibabai” to which he
was anfwered, “ Yes.” “ Who is with him ? fays the Ras.”-—
“ Damot, Agow, and Maitlha,” anfwered Engedan. “ Was
you there ■? fays the Ras.” “ No, anfwered Engedan, I am' at
Tlhemera, with few men.” He then turned to me, and faid,
“ My fon is i l l ; Ozoro Efther has ju ftfen t to me, and complains
you vifit her now no more. G o fee the boy, and
don’t negle£t Ozoro Efther, Ihe is one o f your beft friends.”
I inquired i f Ihe was at Gondar, and was anfwered, No; Ihe
is at Kofcam. We parted; Engedan went to Kofcam toOzdro'
Efther’s, and I went home to plan my route to Sennaar, and
to prepare letters fo r Hagi Belal, a merchant there, to whom
I was recommended from Arabia Felix.
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CHAP.
C H A P . IV.
The Ting promifes Leave to the Author to depart— Receives a Reinforcement
from Shoa— Amiable Carriage o f Amha Tafous— Striking;
Contrajl between him and a PrineeoftheGalla— Bad State o f the-
King s Affairs.
TT was the 31 it o f December that we were at Kofcam. A
*- proclamation had been made lome days before o f a general
pardon to all that would return to Gondar; but no
one had ventured but Ayto Engedan, w h o was with Fafil as.
the king.’s fr ien d ; nor were any o f thofe who went w ith
Fafil the object o f the proclamation, for it was not thought
that the retiring from Socinios with Fafil was doing a n y
thing agamft the ir allegiance;
T hat night the bodies o f Guebra Denghel, Kefla Mariam,
and Sebaat Laab, were taken down from the tree and
laid upon the g ro u n d ; after having been watched in the
* n igh t