THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. :^2S 



which in faft happened to us twice, fo as to put us in ini- 

 minent danger of pcrifhing with thirft. 



Yasine had provideti a camel and two girbas, as well as 

 every other provifion neceflary for us, till we Ihould arrive 

 at Teawa. Surf el Shekh is the boundary »f Ras el Feel. 

 Here I took an affedtionate leave of my friend Yafme, who, 

 with all his attendants, fhewed, at parting, that love and at^ 

 tachment they had conftantly preferved to me fince our firft 

 acquaintance» 



SoLiMAN, my old and faithful fervant, who had carried 

 my firft letter to Sennaar, though provided for in the king's 

 fervice, infilled upon attending m€ to Sennaar, and dying 

 with me if it fhould be my fate ; or elfe gaining the reward 

 which had been promifed him, if he brought back the 

 good news of my fafe arrival and good reception there. At 

 parting, I gave the faithful Yafme one of my horfes and 

 my coat of mail, that is my ordinary one ; for the one 

 that was given me by Ozoro Efther had belonged to king 

 Yafous, and as it would have been an affront to have be- 

 flowed it on a common man like Yafme, who,bcfides, was a 

 Mahometan, fo I gave it (with Ozoro Efther's confent) to 

 Ay to Engedan, king Yafous's grandfon. Before parting, 

 Yafme, like an old traveller, called the whole company to- 

 gether, and obliged them to repeat the Fedtah, the Prayer 

 of Peace. 



At half paft feven in the evening we came to Engaldi, 

 a large bafon or cavity, feveral hundred yards in length,, 

 and about thirty feet deep, made for the reception of water 



the Arabs, who encamp by its fide after the rains. The 

 4^ water; 



