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Adelan and Abou Kalec. He anfwered with a fneer, “ Ge- 
hennim el Kafr, i. e. The Pagan may go to hell. He {poke con-~ 
temptuoufly of the king of Sennaar, but very refpedctfully 
of Adelan and Abou Kalec, any one of whofe little fingers, 
he faid, was-fufficient to crufh the Mek, and all who ad- 
hered to him. I then took my leave, and went home to 
reft. : J 
On the r7th, at noon, I obferved the meridian altitude of. 
the fun, and found the latitude of the place to be 14°30’ N. 
but this obfervation was made with Hadley’s quadrant, that 
[might fave time, being willing to advance to as great a 
diftance as poflible from Sennaar, fo there may be perhaps 
a minute of error, and more there ought not to be, as it 
was confirmed by feveral obfervations at night. The in- 
ftrument, infpected and rectified by day light, was exami- 
ned, and I found it to be without alteration before ufing it. 
at night. 
Asout eight o’clock in the evening I went to fee Wed 
Ageeb, who had fupped, and was drinking forbet made of 
tamarinds, I believe rather to fweeten his breath than from 
thir, for he had apparently drunk of ftronger liquor be- 
fore he took the forbet. He told me that a fervant of Adelan 
was arrived that evening from the camp, who had brought 
him a letter and. meflages on my account, and bade me 
be of good courage, for I fhould be fafer in my tent than 
in Adelan’s houfe at Sennaar; that two men had been exe- 
cuted for attempting to rob Adelan’s houfe; and that Ma- 
homet, the king’s fervant, was deflined to fuffer upon a 
flake, as foon as ever Adelan fhould move at a greater dif- 
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