4^^ An Account of ^fr. Broivn^s Travels 



fmall, and more round arjd (liort than is laid down in tho 

 lateft maps. Mr, Brown returned to Suez and Kahira, 

 without meeting any thing remarkable on the road. 



Mr. Brown's views to the fouth of Egypt having been 

 fruilratcd the preceding year, he was reduced to the alter- 

 native of abandoning anyi'urther projefts in that quarter, or 

 of waiting for a more feafonable opportunity. This foon 

 occurfed. He had formed a defign of penetrating to Abyf- 

 finia by the way of Dar-Fur, 51s he was taught to believe 

 that he might hope there for the advantages of a regular 

 government^ and, with proper management, might expeft 

 every favour frpm the monarch. At the moment of his, 

 return from Afsuan to Alliut, the caravan of Jelabs from 

 Dar-Fur, called Ca^ct-es-Soudan *, the Soudan caravan, 

 arrived at El-wah, It was then reported, that the fale of 

 their merchandize and ilaves, of which they had no great 

 quantity, would be completed in about two months, and 

 that then they would return home. Their ftay, however^ 

 was protracted during the whole winter, and in the month 

 of March 1793 they conimcriced then- departure from Ka- 

 hirj^ for the Upper Egypt. They were How in colleAing 

 fuch things as were ncceflary, an<3 Mr. Brown made ufe of 

 the time ip ailowed tp procure inforriiation from various 

 quj^rters refpedlipg the journey. 



On the 21ft of April 1793 ^'^^ ^?t out from Bulak, and 

 pn the eighth day, the wind having been often unfavour- 

 at)lc, reached Afliut. The iirll care was to provide camels 

 for the route ; bu',; unfortunately they \\ ere at that time 

 fcarce. He, however, at length obtained five at about 13I. 

 each. A fupply of food was alfo procured for tne journey; 

 and the caravan having aflembled, after about fifty days, 

 the e.xpefted moment of departure arrived. The party hav- 

 ing left Afliut on the 25th of May, encamped on the moun- 

 tain above it till the 28th. On the 31ft they arrived at 



* Soudan, in Arabic, correfponds to our Nigritia, merely general words 

 far the country of the Blacks. 



Gebel 



