THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. s6* 



a conflant fupply of horfes for the king's troops. It is a 

 barren ftripe of a very hot, unwholefome country, full of 

 thick woods, and fit only for hunting. The inhabitants, 

 fugitives from all nations, are chiefly Mahometans, but very 

 botd and expert horfemen, ufmg no other weapon but the 

 broad fword, with which they attack the elephant and 

 rhinoceros. 



There are many other fmall provinces, which occafion- ■ 

 ally are annexed, and fometimes are feparated, fuch as Guef- 

 gue, to the eaftward of Kuara ; Waldubba, between the rivers 

 Guangue and Angrab ; Tzegade and Walkayt on the weft 

 fide of Waldubba ; Abergale and Selawa in the neighbour- 

 hood of Begemder; Temben, Dobas, Giannamora, Bur, and 

 Engana, in the neighbourhood of Tigre, and many others- : 

 Such at leaft was the ftate of the country in my time, very 

 different in all refpects from what it has been reprefented. 

 As to the precedency of thefe provinces we mall further 

 fpeak, when we come to mention the officers of ftate and 

 internal government in this country. 



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