THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 583 



on our left, in going round by Cliaigie towards Dongola^ 

 and feldom was obierved much to the eaftward of a meri- 

 dian, pailuig along the Nile through the Magiran, before it 

 takes that turn ; whereas the fnuoom was always on the 

 oppofue fide of our courfe, coming upon us from the fouth- 

 eaft. 



A LITTLE before twelve our wind at north ceafed, and a 

 confiderable quantity of fine fand rained upon us for an- 

 hour afterwards. . At the time it appeared, the defcription 

 of this phsenomenon in Syphax's fpeech to Cato was perpe- 

 tually before my mind : 



So, where our wide Numidian waftes extend, 

 Sudden th' impetuous hurricanes defcend, 

 Wheel through the air, in circling eddies play. 

 Tear up the fands, and fweep whole plains away. 

 The helplefs traveller, with wild furprife. 

 Sees the dry defert all around him rife, 

 And fmother'd in .the duliy whirlwind dies. 



Addison. 



Tliefe lines are capital, and are a fine copy, which can only 

 appear tame by the original having been before our eyes, 

 painted by the great mailer, the Creator and Ruler of the 

 world. 



The fimoom, with the wind at S. E. immediately follows' 

 the wind atN. and the ufual defpondency that always ac- 

 companied it. The blue meteor, with which it began, pafT- 

 ed over us about twelve, and the ruffling wind that follow- 

 ed it continued till near two. Silence, and a defperate kind-: 



