THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 



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river, with a large plantation of dates, and four miles fur- 

 ther Sharuni. All the way from Boufh there appeared no 

 mountains on the weft fide,, but large, plantations of dates, 

 which extended from Gundiah four miles. 



From this to Abou Azeeze, frequent plantations of fugar 

 canes were, now cutting. All about Kafoor is fandy and 

 barren on both fides of the river. Etfa is on the weft lidc of 

 the Nile, which here again makes an ifland. All the houfes 

 have now receptacles for pigeons on their tops, from which 

 is derived a confiderable profit. They are made of earthen 

 pots one above the other, occupying the upper ftory, and 

 giving the walls of the turrets a lighter and. more orna- 

 mented appearance. 



We: arrived in the evening at Zohora, about a mile fouth 

 of Etfa. It confifts of three plantations of dates, and is five 

 miles, from Miniet, and there we pafted the night of the . 

 1 8th of December. 



There was nothing remarkable till we came to Barkaras-, 

 a village on the fide of a hill, planted with thick groves of. 

 palm-trees. 



The wind was fo high we fcarccly could carry our fails ; 

 the current was ftrong at Shekh Temine, and the violence 

 with which we went through the v/ater was terrible. My 

 Rais told me we fliould have flackened our fails, if it had 

 net been, that, feeing me curious about the conftruclion of 

 the veflel and her parts, and as we were in no danger of link- 

 ing, though the water was low, he wanted to fhew me what 

 fiie could tio. 



I THANKED 



