THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. m 



It is a great pity, that he who had a tafte for this very 

 remarkable kind of architecture, ihould have paired it, both 

 in going up and coming down ; as it is r beyond comparifon, 

 a place that would have given more fatisfaclion. than all 

 Upper Egypt. 



While we were linking our tent, a great mob came down, 

 but without the cadi. As I ordered all my people to take their 

 arms in their hands, they kept at a very confiderable dif- 

 tance ; but the fool, or faint, got into the boat with a yellow 

 flag in his hand, and fat down at the foot of the main-mall, 

 laying, with an idiot fmile, That we mould lire, for he was 

 out of the reach of the Ihot ; fome Hones were thrown, but 

 did not reach us. 



I ordered two of my fervants with large brafs Ihip-blun- 

 derbufles, very bright and glittering, to get upon the top of 

 the cabbin. I then pointed a wide-mouthed Swedilh blun- 

 derbufs from one of the windows, and cried out, Have 

 a care ;_^the next Hone that is thrown I fire my cannon 

 amongft you, which will fweep away 300 of you inilantly 

 from the face of the earth ; though I believe there were not. 

 above two, hundred then prelent.. 



I ordered Hagi HalTan to call off his: cord immediately 

 and, as foon as the blunderbufs appeared, away ran every 

 one of them, and, before they could collect themfelves to 

 return, our veffel was in the middle of the llream. The ' 

 wind was fair, though not very frelh, on which we- let both 

 cur fails, and made great way. 



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