THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. — 514 
Dahab was made Bey in his place. They faid, one part of 
the caravan, that went before them, had been attacked 
and cut off by the Bifhareen under Abou Bertran ; that they 
had efcaped by a few hours only, and that all the road was 
fo infeited with. robbers, that it was a. miracle if any one 
could pafs.. 
On the 20th we left Kamily at a quarter paft five in the 
morning,andat aboutfix miles (the diftance betweenthat and’ 
Wed Tyrab) we paffed a bare and fandy country, interfper- 
fed with fmall coppices, and three quarters paft ten came 
to Bifhaggara, This isa large village, fomething’ above: 
a mile’s diftance from the Nile, which fpace is entirely ta+ 
ken up with brufhwood, without any timber ‘trees. We 
begin now to fee the effects of the quantity of rain having. 
failed. There was little fown, and that fo late as to be 
{carcely above the ground. It feems the rains begin later — 
as they pafs northward. Many people were here employed. 
in gathering grafs- feeds* to make a very bad kind of 
bread. Thefe people appear perfect fkeletons, and:no wons 
der, as they. live upon fuch fare. Nothing increafes the 
danger of travelling, and prejudice againf ftrangers, more 
than the fcarcity of provifions in the country through which. 
you. are to pafs.. oT 
Ar fifty minutes paft three in the afternoon we left Bi-- 
fliaggara, and at feven came to Eltie, a ftraggling village,. 
about half a mile from the Nile, in the north of a large, 
bare plain, all pafture, except the banks of the river, which 
are: 
* We had feen this practifed too by the Agow’ at the fource of the Nile 
