THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 6ot 



the Barbarins in fome pain, endeavouring to trace me by 

 my footfteps. 



I COMMUNICATED to them this joyful news, which was 

 confirmed by Idris, though he did not himfelf know the 

 juft diftance from this place (Abou Seielat) as Iiis ufual way 

 had been to Daroo, not to Aflbuan, which he did not choofe 

 to approach, for fear of the vexations from the Turkifh gar- 

 rifon. A cry of joy followed this annunciation. Chriilians, 

 Moors, and Turks, all burfl into floods of tears, kif- 

 fmg and embracing one another, and thanking God for his 

 mercy in this deliverance, and unanimoufly in token of 

 their gratitude, and acknowledgment of my conftant atten- 

 tion to them in the whole of this long journey ; faluting me 

 with the name of Abou Ferege, Father Forefight, the only re- 

 ward it was in their power to give. 



On the 29th, at feven o'clock in the morning we left Abou 

 Seielat ; about nine, we faw the palm trees at Aflbuan, 

 and a quarter before ten arrived in a grove of palm-trees 

 on the north of that city. 



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