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went always to the eaftward of north. From Teawa we 

 obferved the following bearings and diftances : 



Beyla, W. S. W. about 28 miles at fartheft. 



Hafib, S. and by W« 



Jibbel Imfiddera, S. about 8 miles, where is good water. 



Mendera, N. 48 miles ; indifferent water from deep wells. 



Rafhid, S. nearly 33 miles ; plenty of good water all the 



year. 

 Jibbel IfrifF, E. N. E. about three miles ; water. 

 Jibbel Attefli and Habharras, W. and by N. between 50 



and Co miles. 

 Sennaar, W. and by N. as far as we could guefs about 70 



miles. 

 Guangue River, from 14 to 16 miles due eaft. 

 Deakin, E. N. E, about 27 miles. 



At Garigana, feveral of our caravan, with their afles and 

 loading of fait, left us, either afraid of entering Teawa, or 

 bccaufe their friends dwelt at Jibbel Ifriff, where the clan 

 of Jchaina were then encamped, being afraid of the Arabs 

 Daveina, who, the preceding year, had deilroyed all the 

 crops and villages that belonged to them, or rather reaped 

 them for their own advantage. The whole tribe of Jehaina 

 is greatly their inferiors in all refpecTrs, and as by afTem- 

 bling upon Jibbel IfrifF, a low though very rugged ridge 

 of hills, abounding in water, where the pits in which they 

 hide their grain were, and where, too, they had depofited 

 the principal of their effedis, they had given this pledge of 

 mutual aliiftance to tiie inhabitants of Teawa in cafe of an 

 attack from thole great deilroyers the Daveina. 



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