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wood about a mile from the river. This fide of the Nile, 

 along which we travelled to-day, is quite bare, the other 

 full of trees and corn, where are feveral large villages. 



On the 2 2d, in the afternoon, we left this place, which is 

 called Hor-Gibbaity, and paffed through feveral villages of 

 the Macabrab, named Dow-Dowa, and three miles further 

 came to Deniar, a town belonging to Fakir Wed Madge 

 Doub, who is a faint of the firfl confequence among the 

 Jaheleen. They believe that he works miracles, and can 

 ftrike whom he pleafes with lamenefs, blindnefs, or mad- 

 nefs ; for which reafon they ftand very much in awe of 

 him, fo that he pafTes the caravans in fafety through this 

 Reft of robbers, fuch as the Macabrab are, and always have 

 been, though there are caravans who chufe rather to pnfs 

 unfeen under the cloud of night, than truft to the venera- 

 tion thefe Jaheleen may have of Wed Madge Doub's fan(5liry. 

 After thefe are Eli^ib, their habitation four miles on our 

 left at Howiah, 



On the 25th, at three quarters pafl fix in the morning 

 we left Demar, and at nine came to the Tacazze, five fliort 

 miles diftant from Demar, and two fmall villages built with 

 canes and plaiftered with clay, called Dubba-beah; thefe 

 are allies of the Macabrab, as coming from Demar. They 

 took it in their heads to believe that we were a caravan 

 going to Mecca, in which they were confirmed by a fon of 

 Wed Madge Doub, whom I brought with me, and it was 

 neither my bufinefs nor mclination to undeceive them, but 

 ,juft the contrary. 



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