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wood about a mile from the river. This fide of the Nilc, 
along which we travelled to-day, is quite bare, the other 
full of trees and corn, where are feveral large villages. 
On the 22d, in the afternoon, we left this place, which is 
called Hor-Gibbaity, and pafled through feveral villages of 
the Macabrab, named Dow-Dowa, and three miles further 
came to Demar, a town belonging to Fakir Wed Madge 
Doub, who is a-faint of the firft confequence among the 
Jaheleen. They believe that he works miracles, and can 
ftrike whom he pleafes with lamenefs, blindnefs, or mad- 
nefs ; for which reafon they ftand very much in awe of 
him, fo that he paffes the caravans in fafety through this 
neft of robbers, fuch as the Macabrab are, and always have 
been, though there are caravans who chufe rather to pafs 
unfeen under the cloud of night, than truft to the venera- 
tion thefe Jaheleen may have of Wed Madge Doub’s fandtity. 
After thefe are Eliab, their habitation four miles on our 
Jeft at Howiah. 
On the 25th, at three quarters paft fix in the morning 
we left Demar, and at nine came to the Tacazze, five iin 
miles diftant from Demar, and two {mall villages built with 
canes and plaiftered with clay, called Dubba-beah; thefe 
are allies of the Macabrab, as coming from Demar. They 
took it in their heads to believe that we were a caravan 
going to Mecca, in which they were confirmed.by a fon of 
Wed Madge Doub, whom I brought with me, and it was 
neither my bufinefs nor inclination to undeceive them, but 
jut the contrary. 
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