THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 4°5 



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CHAP. IV.. 



Pafs. the River Gomara — Remarkable Accident there — Arrive at Du- 

 ra Vifit the great Cataracl of Alata — Leave Dara, and refume our 



jfoumey. 



ON the 20th of May, between fix and feven in the morn- 

 ing, as Adigo was not arrived, I lent the baggage and 

 tents that we had with us forward with Strates, a Greek, 

 who was an avowed enemy to all learned inquiries or bo- 

 tanical refearches. My orders were to encamp at Dara, in 

 fome convenient place near the houfeof Negadekas Mahomet. 

 In the mean time I ftaid expecting Ay to Adigo's arrival ; he 

 came near eleven o'clock. . As a temporary fhelter from the 

 fun, a cloak upon crofs flicks was fet up, inftead of a tent, to 

 lave time. We fat down together to fuch fare as Adigo had 

 brought along with him; it was a foldier's dinner, coarfe and 

 plentiful. Adigo told me Kafmati Ayabdar, an uncle of 

 Guflxo, had left his hovife the night before, accompanied 

 by the men of Foggora, the country where we then were 



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