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CHAP. IV.. 
Prom: Hor-Cacamoot to Teawa, Capital of Atbarar- 
‘Twas on the 17th of March that we fet out from Hor-Cacas 
_ moot on our journey to Teawa, capital of the province of 
Atbara. Our courfewas N, N. W. through thick brufhwood,. 
with afew high trees ; our companions being eleven naked 
men, with afies loaden with falt. We had feveral interrup.- 
tions on the road. At three in the afternoon we encamped 
at Falaty, the eaft village of Ras el Feel, a litele to the north. 
ward, A{mali mouncain, immediately. north from this vil 
lage, the one end of which is thought to refemble the head. 
of an elephant, gives the name to the village and the pro-- 
vince*,. This mountain ftretches ina direction nearly north - 
and : 
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® Rae él Feel fignifies the head-of aa-elephane: - 
