TRAVELS 



TO DISCOVER 



THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 



li O O K VII. 



RETURN FROM THE SOURCE OF THE NILE TO GONDAR TRANS- 

 ACTIONS THERE BATTLE OF SERBRAXOS, AND ITS CONSE- 

 QUENCES THE AUTHOR PREPARES TO LEAVE ABYSSINIA. 



CHAP. I 



Return from the Source of the Nik by Ma'itfia — Come to the Houfe of 

 Welled Amlac — Reception there — Pafs the Nile at Delakus — Arrive 

 at Gondar^ 



T was on the loth of November 1770 we left Geefli in 

 our return to Gondar, and pafTed the Abay, as before, 

 under the church of Saint Michael Sacala. We defcended 

 the hiil through the wood, croffed the river Davola, and 

 that night haUed at a few huts, called Dembea, on the 

 north-eall fide of the entrance of a valley. 



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