THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. $& 



thod. If, therefore, in a few cafes, I differ two or three years 

 from the Jefuits in their firft account of this country, I do 

 not in any fhape believe the fault to be mine, becaufe there 

 are, at all thefe periods, errors in point of fact, both in Alva- 

 rez and Tellez, much more material and unaccountable than 

 the miflake of a few years ; and thefe errors have been adop- 

 ted with great confidence in the Hifpania Illuftrata, and fame 

 of the beft books of Portuguefe hiftory which have made 

 mention of this country. 



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