A Narrative Of Captivity In Abyssinia With Some Account Of The Late Emperor Theodore, His Country And People By Henry Blanc
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No Pains Were Spared, No Stone Was Left Unturned, No
Possible Chance Left Untried To Obtain Information As To The Condition
Of The Captives, To Supply Them With The Necessaries Of Life, Or
Induce The Obstinate Potentate To Call For The Letter It Was Said
He Was So Anxious To Receive.
The very day of our arrival at Massowah,
efforts were made to engage messengers to proceed to the Abyssinian
Court and inform his Ethiopian Majesty that officers had arrived
at the coast with the answer to his letter to the Queen of England.
But such was the dread of his name, that it was with great difficulty,
and only on the promise of a large reward, that any could be obtained.
On the evening of the 24th, the day after our arrival, the messengers
were despatched with the letters to the Abouna and the Emperor from
the Patriarch, one from Mr. Rassam to the Abouna, and one to the
Emperor, the messengers promising to be back in the course of a
month or so.
Mr. Rassam, in his letter to the Emperor Theodoros, informed him,
in courteous language, that he had arrived at Massowah the day
before, bearing a letter from H.M. the Queen of England to his
address, and that he was desirous of delivering it into his Majesty's
hands. He also informed him that he would await the answer at
Massowah, and requested, should his Majesty send for him, kindly
to provide him with an escort.
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