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CHAP. IV. 



F^'bnt Hor-Cacamobt to '^eawa^ Capital of Athara. 



T was on the 17th of March that we fet out fromHor-Caca- 

 moot on our journey to Feawa, capital of the province of 

 Atbara, Our courfe was N. N, W. through tliick brufliwoody 

 with a few high trees ; our companions being eleven naked 

 men, with alFes loaden with fait. We had ieveral interrupt 

 tioas on the road. At three in the afternoon we encamped 

 at Falaty, the eaft village of Ras el Feel, a little to the north- 

 ward, A fmall mountain, immediately north from this viU 

 lage, the one end of which is thought to refemble the head 

 of an elephant, gives the name to the village and the pro» 

 vince*. This mountain ftretches in adiredion nearly north 



and 



'fHR.ws el Feel flgmfiet the head ef' art eleplisis«, 



