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and at this day does fufpend a plummet of an ounce and 
halt at the index of my three-feet sain . 
THE next morning, si I ath of November, having fettled 
our account with our hoft, we fet out from the hofpitable 
houfe of Shalaka Welled Amlac, after having engaged, by 
promifes to the ladies, that we fhould pay them foon ano= 
ther vifit. Our landlord accompanied us in perfon to the 
ford, and by this, and his readinefs to fhew us what he 
thought worthy of our curiofity, and by his care in afcere 
taining for us the diftances and fituations of places, he gave: 
us a certain proof he was well contented, and a AHR that 
we had pant to fear. | 
We had bot nights heard the noife of cataracts, and’ we » 
thought it might be of the Nile, as we were in fact but 
five miles from the fecond fmall cataract at Kerr, which 
lay W. S. W. of us. We were informed; however, in the: 
morning, that it was the found of falls in the river Jemma, 
near whofe banks this houfe is fituated. We fet out at eight 
o’clock, the hills of Arooffi bearing north ; and at half paft 
eight we came to the ford of the Jemma, ee is, ftrong;,. 
rugged, and uneven. 
Tue Jemma here comes from the eaft; its banks are moft 
beautifully fhaded with acacia and other trees, growing as on. 
the weit of the Nile, that is, the trunks or ftems of the trees. 
at a diftance, but the tops touching each other, and {pread- 
ing broad. Though growing to no height, thefe woods are 
full of game of different kinds, moftly unknown. in Eu- 
rope. The bohur is here in great numbers ; alfo the Buffalo, 
though not fo frequent. Whoever fees Richmond hill has. 
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