THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 429 
GHA P.: VI. 
- Converfaiton with the King—With Shekh Adelan—Interview with the 
King’s Ladies, &c. &e.. 
y ¥ JE were conducted by Adelan’s fervant toa very {paci- 
. ous good houfe belonging tothe Shekh himfelf, ha- 
ving two ftoreys, a long quarter of a mile from the king’s pa- 
lace. He left a meflage for us to repofe ourfelves, and in a 
day or two to wait upon the king, and that he fhould 
fend to tell us when we were to cometohim. This we re-. 
folved to. have complied with moft exa@tly; but the very’ 
next morning, the 3oth of April, there came a fervant from: 
_ the palace tofummon us to wait upon the king, which we 
immediately obeyed. I took with me three fervants, black. 
Soliman, Ifmael the Turk, and my Greek fervant Michael. 
The palace covers a prodigious deal of ground. It is all of 
one ftorey, built of clay, and the floors of earth. The cham- 
bers through which we pafled were all unfurnifhed, and: 
feemed 
