THE SOURCE OF THE NILE 601 
: ~ the Barbarins in . fome pain, PEE DOMES to trace me by 
my footfteps. 
I COMMUNICATED to them this joyful news, which was 
| confirmed by Idris, though he did not himfelf know the 
-_ juft diftance from this place (Abou Seielat) as his ufual way 
had been to Daroo, not to Affouan, which he did not choofe 
to approach, for fear of the vexations from the Turkith gar- 
rifon. A cry of joy followed this annunciation. Chriftians, ~ 
Moors, and Turks, all burft into floods of tears, kif 
fing and embracing one another, and thanking God for his 
mercy in this deliverance, and unanimoufly in token of 
i. their gratitude, and acknowledgment of my conftant atten- 
a tion to them in the whole of this long journey ; faluting me 
with the name of Abou Fere ge, Father Forefight, the only re- 
ward it was in their power to give. 
= On the 29th, at feven o’clock in the morning we left Abou 
: Seielat ; about nine, we faw the palm trees at Affouan, 
and a pier before ten arrived in a grove of Beha 
on the north of that city. 
Vou. IV. : Pee G | _ CHAP, 
