TRAVELS 



TO DISCOVER 



THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 



BOOK VI. 



FIRST ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE FRUS- 

 TRATED — A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY THITHER, WITH A FULL 

 ACCOUNT OF EVERY THING RELATING TO THAT CELEBRA- 

 TED RIVER. 



CHAP. I. 



The Author made Governor of Ras el Feel. 



I SOON received an inftance of kindnefs from Ayto Confu 

 which gave me great pleafure on feveral accounts. On 

 the fouth part of Abyflinia, on the frontiers of Sennaar, 

 is a hot, unwholefome, low ftripe of country, inhabited 

 entirely by Mahometans, divided into feveral fmall di- 

 ftricts, known by the general name of Mazaga. Of this I 



have 



