eA Ee TS 
TO DISCOVER 
THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 
BOOK VI. 
FIRST ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE FRUS= 
TRATED—A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY THITHER, WITH A FULL 
ACCOUNT OF EVERY THING RELATING TO THAT CELEBRA- 
TED RIVER. 
“CHAP. I. 
The Author made Governor of Ras el Feel. 
SOON received an inftance of kindnefs from Ayto Confu 
which gave me great pleafure on feveral accounts. On 
the fouth part of Abyffinia, on the frontiers of Sennaar, 
is a hot, unwholefome, low ftripe of country, inhabired 
entirely by Mahometans, divided into feveral fmail di- 
firicts, known by the general name of Mazaga, Of this I 
have 
