THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. $ 2S 



The extraordinary manner in which the king employ- 

 ed his time foon made him the object of public cenfure* 

 Pafquinades began to be circulated throughout the capi- 

 tal ; one in particular, a large roll of parchment, intitu- 

 led, " The expeditions of Yafous the Little? The king in reality 

 was a man of fliort ftature. The Ethiopic word Tannufh, 

 joined to the king's name Yafous el Tannufh, applied both 

 to his ftature and actions. So Tallac, the name given to 

 another Yafous, his predeceiTor, fignified great in capacity 

 and atchievement, as well as that he was of a large and 

 mafculine perfon. 



These expeditions, though enumerated in a large meet 

 of parchment, were confined to a very few miles; from 

 Oondar to Kahha, from Kahha to Kofcam, from Kofcam, 

 to Azazo, from Azazo to Gondar, from Gondar to Kofcam, 

 from Kofcam to Azazo, and fo on. It was a fimilar piece 

 of ridicule upon his father Philip, as we are informed, that, 

 in the lafl century, coft Don Carlos, prince of Spain, his life. 



This fatire nettled Yafous exceedingly ; and, to wipe off 

 the imputation of inactivity and want of ambition, he pre- 

 pared for an expedition againft Sennaar. It was not, however, 

 one of thofe inroads into Atbara upon the Arabs and Shep- 

 herds, whom the Funge had conquered and made tributary 

 to them ; but was a regular compaign with a royal army, 

 aimed directly at the very vitals of the monarchy of Sennaar, 

 the capital of the Funge, and at the conquefh or extirpation 

 of thofe flrangers entirely from Atbara. 



We have feen, in the courfe of our hiftory, that thefe two 

 kingdoms, Abyffinia and Funge, had been on very bad 



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