12 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 



and at this day does fufpend a plummet of an ounce and 

 half at the index of my three-feet quadrant. 



The next morning, the 13th of November, having fettled 

 our account with our hoft, we fet out from the hofpitable 

 houfe of Shalaka Welled Amlac, after having engaged, by 

 promifcs to the ladies, that we fhould pay them foon ano- 

 ther viiit. Our landlord accompanied us in perfon to the 

 ford, and by this, and his readinefs to fliew us what he 

 thought worthy of our curioiity, and by his care in afccr- 

 taining for us the diftances and fituations of places, he gave 

 us a certain proof he was well contented, and therefore that 

 we had nothing to fear. 



We had both nights heard the noife of cataracfts, and we 

 thought it might be of the Nile, as we were in fadl but 

 five miles from the fecond fmall catara(5l at Kerr, which 

 lay W. S. W. of us. We were informed, however, in the 

 morning, that it was the found of falls in the river Jemma, 

 near whofe banks this houfe is fituated. We fet out at eight 

 o'clock, the hills of Arooffi bearing north ; and at half pail 

 eight we came to the ford of the Jemma, which is Itrong, 

 rugged, and uneven. 



The Jemma here comes from the eaft ; its banks are moil 

 beautifully fliaded with acacia and other trees, growing as on 

 the weft of the Nile, that is, the trunks or ftems of the trees 

 at a diftance, but the tops touching each other, and fpread- 

 ing broad. Though growing to no height, thefe woods are 

 full of game of different kinds, moftly unknown in Eu- 

 rope. The bohur is here in great nmnbcrs ; alfo the Buffalo, 

 though not fo frequent. Whoever fees Richmond hill has 



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