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he had fhewri her, Madam, faid he, your hufband Ras Mi- chael is intent upon employing, in the belt way polfible for my fervice, thofe of the army that are ftrong and vigorous;, you, I am told, beftow your care on the fick and dilabled, and; by your attention, they are reftored to their former health and activity ; the ftrong active foldier eats the cows that I have fent to the Ras ; the enfeebled and lick: recover upon yours, for which reafon I fent you a double portion, that you may have it in your power to do double good. After this the room was cleared, and me had an audience alone for half an hour. I doubt very much whether Ras Michael had any (hare in the converfation ; the king was in the very gayelt humour, and went to reft about twelve. The Ras, loved Ozoro Eilher, but was not jealous..

I had violent threatenings of the ague, and had gone to bed full of reflections on extraordinary events that, in a few hours, had as it were crowded upon one another. I had appointed FafiFs fervants to come to my tent in the evening. I underftood a council had been called, to which Welleta Kyrillos, the king's hiftoriographer, had been fent for, and inftructed how to give an account of this campaign of Man- illa, the paffage of the Nile, and the meeting with Fafil at Limjour. Kefla Yafous's march to DeJakus, and paffage there, were ordered to be written in gold letters, and fo was* Fafil's appointment to Damot and Maitfha. From this au- thentic copy, and what I myfelf heard or obferved, I formed, thefe notes of the campaign;.

On the 30th of May nothing material happened, and, in- a few days, we arrived at Gondar. The day before we en- tered, being encamped on the river Kemona, came twome£

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