THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 05 
ing who the enemy might be, or what his religion was, if 
he attacked us. 
Tue 26th, at feven in the morning, we left our moft plea- 
fant quarters under the ‘daroo-tree, and fet forward with 
great alacrity. Abouta quarter of a mile from the river 
we croffed the end of the plain Zarai, already mentioned. 
Though this is but three miles long, and one where broad- 
eft, it was the largeft plain we had feen fince our pafling 
Taranta, whofe top was now covered wholly with large, 
black, and’ very heavy clouds, from which’ we heard and 
faw frequent peals al thunder, and violent ftreams of light-- 
ning. This plain was fown partly with wheat, partly with 
Indian corn ; the firft was cut down, the other not yet ripe. 
Two miles farther we paffed Addicota, a village planted up- 
on a high rock; the fides towards us were as if cut per- 
pendicular like a wall. Here was one refuge of the Jefuits. 
when banifhed Tigre by Facilidas, when they fled to the re-. 
bel John Akay. We after this paffed a variety of {mall vil- 
lages on each fide of us, all on the top of hills ; Darcotta- 
and. Embabuwhat on the right, Azaria on the left. 
Ar half an hour paft eleven we encamped under 2. 
mountain, on the top of which is a village called Hadawi, 
confifting of no more than eighty houfes, though, for the: 
prefent, it is the feat of the Baharnagafh. The prefent Ba- 
harnagafh had bought the little diftrict that he command-. 
ed, after the prefent governor of Tigré, Michael Suhul, had’ 
annexed to his: own province what he pleafed of the old 
domains, and farmed the other part to the Naybe for a lar- 
ger revenue than he ever could.get from any other tenant. 
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