TRAVELS 



TO DISC OVER 



THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 



BOOK V. 



ACCOUNT OF MY JOURNEY FROM MASUAH TO OONDAR— 

 TRANSACTIONS THERE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE 



ABYSSINIANS. 



CHAP. I. 



'TratifaEllons at Mafuah and Arhetko, 



"ASUAH, which means the port or harbour of the 

 Shepherds, is a fmall ifland immediately on the Abyf- 

 •finian more, having an excellent harbour, and water deep 

 enough for mips of any fize to the very edge of the ifland : 

 here they may ride in the utmoft fecurity, from whatever 

 point* or with whatever degree of ftrength, the wind blows. 

 As it takes its modern, fo it received its ancient name from 

 its harbour. It was called by the Greeks Sebajlicum Os, from 

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