THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. , 4; 



country. Several new fpecies appeared, with five, nine, eleven 

 petals, and plenty of the agam with four, thefe being all 

 white. We found alfo large bufhes of yellow, and orange 

 and yellow jeflamin, befides fine trees of kummel, and the 

 boha, both of the largeft fize, beautifully covered with fruit 

 and flowers, which we never before had feen. 



We now descended into a plain called Selech lecha, the 

 village of that name being two miles eaft of us. The country 

 here has an air of gaiety and chearfulnefs fuperior to any 

 thing we had ever yet feen. Poncet* was right when he 

 compared it to the mod beauteous part of Provence. We 

 croffed the plain through hedge-rows of flowering fhrubs, 

 among which the honeyfuckle now made a principal figure,' 

 which is of one fpecies only, the fame known in Engfand • 

 but the flower is larger and perfectly white, not coloured on 

 the outfide as our honeyfuckle is. Fine trees of all fizes 

 were everywhere interfperfed ; and the vine, with fmall 

 black grapes of very good flavour, hung in many places in 

 feiloons, joining tree to tree, as if they had been artificially 

 twined and intended for arbours. 



After having pafTed this plain, we again entered a clofe 

 country through defiles between mountains, thick covered 

 with wood and bufhes. We pitched our tent by the water- 

 fide judicioufly enough as travellers, being quite furrounded 

 with bullies, which prevented us from being feen in any 

 direction. 



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* Eoncet's voyage to Ethiopia, p. 



99. 



