THE SOURCE OF THE NILE 427 
BASBOCH is on the eaftern bank of the Nile, not a quarter 
of a mile from the ford below. The river here runs north 
and fouth ; towards the fides it is fhallow, but deep in the 
middle of thé current, and in this part it is much infefted 
with crocodiles. Sennaar is two miles anda half 8. S. W. of it. 
We heard the evening drum very diftinctly, and not with- 
out anxiety, when we reflected to what a brutith people, ac- 
cording to all accounts, we were about to truft ourfelves. 
The village of Aira, where the vizir Adelan had then 
his quarters, was three miles fouth and by weft. 
Next morning, the 27th, Shekh Adelan’s fervant left us 
to the charge of the Nuba, to give his mafter an account 
of his journey, and our fafe arrival. He found Mahomet, 
the king’s fervant, our other guide, before him there, and 
Adelan well informed of all that had pafied relating to Fi- 
dele, though not from Mahomet; for as foon as he began 
to mention that he had found us at Teawa, Adelan faid ina 
very angry file, “ Will no one fave me the difgrace of hang- 
ing that wretch?” Adelan fent back his fervant to inform 
us, that, two days afterwards, we fhould be admitted. Ma- 
homet, the king’s fervant, too, came back with him, and 
ftaid till the evening; then he returned. to Sennaar; but 
he did not give us the fatisfaction to tell us one word of 
what the king had faid to him about us, or how we 
were likely to be received, leaving us. aliogether in fuf- 
pence, | 
‘On the 20th, leave was fent us to enter Sennaar. It was. 
mot without fome difficulty that we got our quadrant and 
heavy baggage fafely carried down the hill, for the banks. 
are very fteep to the edge of the water, . The intention of 
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