ba] 
THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 77 
firm heart, and ftrenuous nerves; never more diftinguifhed 
for all thefe qualities than in the hour of imminent danger ; 
at other times remarkable for quietnefs and filence, and a 
conftant uy of his Koran. 
We carried it fteadily up the fteep, eafed the cafe gently 
over the big ftones on which, from time to time, we refted 
it; and, to the wonder of them all, placed the head of the 
three-foot quadrant, with its double cafe, in fafety far above 
the ftony parts of the mountain. At Yafine’s requeft we 
again undertook the next moft difficult tafk, which was to 
carry the iron foot of the quadrant in a fingle deal-cafe, not 
fo heavy, indeed, nor fo liable to injury, but ftill what had 
been pronounced impoflible to carry up fo fteep and rugged 
a mountain ; and refufing then the faint offers of thofe that 
f{tood gazing below, excufing themfelves by foretelling aa 
immediate and certain mifcarriage, we placed the fecond 
cafe about ten yards above the firft in perfect good condi- 
tion. ; 
DecLaRiINnc ourfelves now without fear of contradiction, 
and, by the acknowledgment of all, upon fair proof, the two: 
_ beft men in the company, we returned, bearing very vifiblyv 
the characters of fuch an exertion; our hands and knees 
were all cut, mangled, and bleeding, with fliding down and 
clambering over the fharp points of the rocks; our clothes 
torn to pieces ; yet we profeffed our ability, without any re- 
proaches on our comrades, to carry the two telefcopes and 
timesdgeper alfo. Shame, and the proof of fuperior con- 
ftancy, fo much humbled the reft of our companions, that 
one and all put their hands fo brifkly to work, that, with 
infinite toil, and as much pleafure, we advanced fo far as to 
| I place . 
