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 hore was my ervant, and had already been abundantly satisfied. I desired Yasine to add, that I hoped, in order to a continuation of that friendhip, he would avoid, in his own particular command, or in that of his relations, attacking where the king was in person, becaue it was my indipensible duty to be there, and that his nephew might not ecape with the loss of a horse, if he again happened to be engaged with the Moorish troops, who, though under my command, were Mahometans, strangers to the language, and to whom it was impossible for me to convey any distinction of persons. Gusho was exceedingly ensible of this civil return of the horse; he cloathed Yasine magnificently, made him a preent of another horse, and sent a very flattering meage by him to me.