THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 579 



ilance, nor have they a meaning or fignification in any one 

 language I know. 



The church of Abbo is a quarter of a mile to our right, and 

 the church of Eion Mariam bears eaft by fouth half a mile. 

 We refumed our journey at half pall nine, and, after advan- 

 cing a few minutes, we came in fight of the ever-memorable 

 field of Fagitta. At a quarter paft ren we were pointing to 

 the fouth-eaft, the two great clans of the Agow, Zeegam 

 and Dengui, being to the fouth- well; the remarkable moun- 

 tain Davenanza is about eight miles off, bearing fouth-eaft 

 by fouth, and the courfe of the Nile is eaft and weft. Eaft- 

 ward ftill from this is the high mountain of Adama, one 

 of the ridges of Amid Amid, which form the entrance of 

 a narrow valley on the eaft fide, as the mountains of Litch- 

 ambara do on the weft. In this valley runs the large river 

 Jemma, rifing in the mountains, which, after palling thro' 

 part of Maitfha, falls below into the Nile. The mountains 

 from this begin to rife high, whereas at Samfeen they arc 

 very low and inconfiderable. Adama is about ten miles 

 from our prefent fituation, which is alfo famous for a battle 

 fought by Faiil's father, while governor of Damot, againft 

 the people of Maitfha, in which they were totally defeated. 



We now defcended into a large plain full of rnarfhes, 

 bounded on the weft by the Nile, and at ten and three quar- 

 ters we crofted the fmall river Diwa, which comes from the 

 eaft and runs to the weftward : though not very broad, it 

 was by much the deepeft river we had pafled; the bank/ of 

 earth being perpendicular and infirm, and the bottom foul 

 and clayey, we were obliged to difmount ourfelves, unload 

 the mules, and carry our baggage over. This was a trouble- 



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