THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. iba 
aconftant fupply of horfes for the king’s troops. It is a 
barren ftripe of a very. hot,.unwholefome country, full of 
thick woods, and fit only for hunting. The inhabitants,: . 
fugitives from all nations, are chiefly Mahometans, but.very 
bold and expert horfemen, ufing no other weapon but the 
broad: fword, with which they aes me elephant and. 
rhinoceros. 
THERE are many other fmall provinces, which ‘occafion=- 
ally are annexed, and fometimes are feparated, fuch as Guef- 
gué, tothe eaftward of Kuara; Waldubba, between the rivers 
Guangue and Angrab; Tzegadé and Walkayt’on the weft. 
fide of Waldubba; Abergalé and‘Selawa-in the neighbour- - 
hood of Begemder; Temben,:Dobas, Giannamora,' Bur, and © 
Engana, in the weiehbauhhdod of Tigré,.and many others: - 
Such at leaft was the ftate of the-country in my time, very 
different in all refpects from what it has been reprefented. 
As to the precedency of:thefe provinces we fhall further — 
fpeak, when we come to mention the officers of ftate .and + 
zaternal government in this country: . 
CHAP, 
