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valued to any party. On the contrary, Yafine was a tried man, 

 an excellent horieman, itrong, active, and of known courage, 

 having been twice with the late king Yafous in his inva- 

 fions of Sennaar, and both times much wounded there. It 

 was impoflible to.difpute his title to preferment; but I had 

 not formed that idea of my own fuccefs that I mould be 

 able to be of any ufe or afliitance to him in it. Kella is in 

 lat. 1 4° 24' 34" North. 



It was in the afternoon of the 4th that we fet out from 

 Kella ; our road was between two hills covered with thick 

 wood. On our right was a clifF, or high rock of granite, 

 on the top of which were a few homes that ieemed to hang 

 over the cliff rather than Hand upon it. A few minutes 

 after three o' clock we pafTed a rivulet, and a quarter of an 

 hour afterwards another, both which run into the Mareb. 

 We ftill continued to defcend, furrounded on all fides with 

 mountains covered with high grafs and brufhwood, and a- 

 bounding with lions. At four, we arrived at the foot of 

 the mountain, and paffed a fmall flream which runs there. 



We had feen no villages after leaving Kella. At half pail 

 four o'clock we came to a considerable river called An- 

 gueah, which we crofted, and pitched our tent on the far- 

 ther fide of it. It was about fifty feet broad and three in 

 depth. It was perfectly clear, and ran rapidly over a bed of 

 white pebbles, and was the large it river we had yet feen in 

 Habefh. In fummer there is very little plain ground near 

 it but what is occupied by the ftrcam ; it is full of fmall 

 fifli, in great repute for their goodnefs. 



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