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banks of the river Kelti, at a quarter after fix in the morn- 

 ing. 



The Kelti here is a large river; at the ford it was four feet 

 deep, though now the dry feafon : it is here called the K<d- 

 ti Brand, becaufe fome miles higher up it is joined by a con- 

 fiderable river called the Branti, which rifes to the weftward 

 in the high lands of the Agow's Quaquera, and boih thefe 

 flreams, when united, fall into the Nile a little below. The 

 banks -of this river arc exceedingly fleep and dangerous, 

 the earth loofe, falling in great lumps down into the ftream; 

 it is a red bole of a foapy qualify; the bottom, too, and the 

 afcent on the other fide are ib ft ; the water, though trou- 

 bled and muddy, is fweet and well -tailed. We faw 

 lights and fires on the oppofite bank, and had begun 

 to unloofe the tent, when we received a menage by two 

 Galla on foot, armed with lances and fhields, that we 

 mould not encamp there, as our horfes and mules would 

 probably be ilolen, but defiling us to pafs the river forth- 

 with, and pitch our tent among them, 



I asked Shalaka Woldo who thefe were ? He faid, they 

 were an advanced port of Welleta Yafous, who had taken 

 up that ground for the head-quarters to-morrow ; that they 

 were all Galla, under a famous partifan, a robber, called me 

 Jumper-, and, by the bye, he added, fpeaking foftly in my 

 ear, that there was not a greater thief or murderer in all 

 the country of the Galla. 1 paid him my compliments up- 

 on the judicious choice he had made of a companion and 

 a protector for us : to which he anfwered, laughing, 

 The better, the better; you mail fee how it is the bet- 

 ter. As it was neceilaiy to load the mules again, the tent 



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