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not imagine Ras Michael could have paffed that night, but that to-morrow he would certainly be attacked by Fafil, as his companion, who had croffed with Ras Michael, was to go directly to rafil and inform him of the fituation of the King, the Ras, and the army.

Kefla Yasous fent two of his principal officers, with a «liftinc"r. detail of this whole affair, to the king. It being now dark, they fwam the river on horfeback, with much more difficuUy and danger than we had done, and they found Ras Michael and the king in council, to whom the)- told their meffage with every circumftance, adding, that Kefla Yafous, as the only way to preferve the army, quite fpent with fatigue, and encumbered with i'uch a quantity of bag- gage, had (truck his tent, and would, by that time, be on his march for the ford of Dclakus, which he thould crofs, and, after leaving a party to guard the baggage and, lick, he ihould with the frefheft of his men join the army. The fpy that had paffed with Michael and the king was now fought for, but he had loft no time, and was gone off to Fafil at Bof- kon Abbo. Kefla Yafous, having fcen all the baggage on their way before him, did, as his lail act, perhaps not ftrictly con- fident with juftice, hang the poor unfortunate informer, the Agow, upon one of the trees at the ford, that Welleta Yafous, when he paffed in the morning, might fee how certainly his fecrei was discovered, and that co.nfequcntly he was on his guard.

On the 28th he croffed Amlac Ohha with fome degree of difficulty, and was obliged to abandon fcveral baggage- mules. He advanced after this with as great diligence as poffible to Delakus, and found the ford, though deep, much % better