THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 417 
Sennaar, feparating Abyflinia from Nubia, and making, with 
the river Atbara, the Aftaboras or Tacazzé, and the Nile, a 
perfect ifland, whereas before it was only a peninfula. It 
feems to intercept all the {prings that would go down to the 
middle of the peninfula, from the high country of Abyflinia, 
and is probably the reafon of the great dearth of water 
there. While it is in Abyffinia it is called Shimfa. It falls 
into the Nile at Habharras, about thirty-eight miles north 
of Sennaar. megs 
Tue quarrel between our two conductors was fo little 
made up, that the king’s fervant would not travel with us, 
but always went half a day before, and we joined him when 
we encamped in the evening. We did not pay him the 
compliment of afking him why he did this, but allowed 
him to take his own way, which he feemed not to be plea- 
fed with, giving many hints at night, that he had, all his life, 
been averfe to the having any thing to do with white people. 
- We fet out at five in the afternoon from Kumar, and 
in the clofe of the evening met feveral men, on horfeback 
and on foot, coming out from among the bufhes, who en- 
deavoured to carry off one of our camels. We indeed were 
fomewhat alarmed, and were going to prepare for refift- 
ance. The camel they had taken away had on it the king’s and 
Shekh Adelan’s prefents, and fome other things for our fu- 
ture need. Our clothes too, books, and papers, were upon 
the fame camel. Adelan’s fervant, though he was at firft 
furprifed, did notlofe his prefence of mind; he foon knew 
thefe Arabs could not be robbers, and guefled it to be a 
piece of malice of the king’s fervant to frighten us, and ex- 
tort money from us, in order to obtain reftitution of the 
camel. He therefore rode up to one of the villages of the 
Vot. IV. . 3G Arabs 
