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tains, or in any elevated fituation. On the contrary, it is 

 adjoining to the plain country of Foggora, near where it 

 borders upon Begemder, not above 20 miles from the fe- 

 cond cataradl, or 40 miles from Gondar ; fo that this muft 

 have been* a fhort and accidental change of the armofphere, 

 of which there are examples ot many different kinds, in the 

 hiftories of all countries. 



As foon as the weather permitted, the king left his pa- 

 lace at Gorgora in the way to Tocuffa, where he ftaid fe- 

 vcral days ; removed thence to Tenkel, where he continu- 

 ed alfo four days, and proceeded to Gunke, where he halt- 

 ed. From his head-quarters at Gunke, the king, meditating 

 an expedition againft Atbiira, fent a melTengcr to Nile Wed 

 Ageeb, prince of the Arabs, deftring a meeting with him be- 

 fore he attacked the Funge, for fo they call the fubjefts of 

 the new monarchy, lately eftabhfhed at Scnnaar by the con- 

 queft of the Arabs, under Wed Agccb, a very confiderablc 

 part of whofe territory they had taken by force, and now 

 enjoyed as their own poffefTions, 



Abdeixader, fon of Oiinfa, was the ninth prince of the 

 race of Funge then reigning ; a weak, and ill-inclined man, 

 but with whom Socinios had hitherto lived in friendlhip, 

 and, in a late treaty, had fent him as a prefent, a nagareet, or 

 kettle-drum, richly ornamented with gold, with a-gold chain 

 to hang it by. Abdelcadcr, on his part, returned to Socinios 

 a trained falcon, of an excellent kind, very much efteemed 

 among the Arabs. 



Soon after this, Alidclcader was depofed by his brother 



Adelan, fon of Ounfa, and fled to Tchelga, under protection 



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