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tains, or in any elevated lituation. On the contrary, it is 

 adjoining to the plain country of Foggora, near where it 

 borders upon Begemder, not above 20 miles from the fe-r 

 cond cataract, or 40 miles from Gondar; fo that this mull 

 have been a fhort and accidental change of the atmofphere, 

 of which there are examples of many different kinds, in the 

 hiftories of all countries. 



As foon as the weather permitted, the king left his pa- 

 lace at Gorgora in the way to ToculTa, where he ftaid fe- 

 veral days ; removed thence to Tenkel, where he continu- 

 ed alfo four days, and proceeded to Gunke, where he halt- 

 ed. From his head-quarters at Gunke, the king, meditating 

 an expedition againil Atbara, fent a meffenger to Nile Wed 

 Ageeb, prince of the Arabs, deiiring a meeting with him be- 

 fore he attacked the Funge, for fo they call the fubjects of 

 the new monarchy, lately eftablifhed at Sennaar by the con- 

 queft of the Arabs, under Wed Ageeb, a very conflderable 

 part of whofe territory they had taken by force, and now 

 enjoyed as their own poffemons. 



Abdelcader, fon of Ounfa, was the ninth prince of the 

 race of Funge then reigning; a weak, and ill-inclined man, 

 but with whom Socinios had hitherto lived in friendfhip, 

 and, in a late treaty, had fent him as a prefenr, a nagareet, or 

 kettle-drum, richly ornamented with gold, with a gold chain 

 to hang it by. Abdelcader, on his part, returned to Socinios 

 a. trained falcon, of an excellent kind, very much efteemed 

 among the Arabs. 



Soon after this, Abdelcader was depofed by his brother 



Adelan, fon of Ounfa, and fled to Tchelga, under protection 



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