THES OUR CE OF) THE NILE, 4OL 
Fit-Auraris has territories afligned him in every province 
that he ever pailes through, fo has that of the Ras, if he 
commands in chief. Every governor of a province has alfo 
an officer of this name, who has arevenue allowed him 
within his own province. It is a place of great fatigue, 
Their poft is at different diftances from the van of the army, 
according to the circumftances of the war; fometimes a 
day’s march, fometimes four or fix hours. .As he paffes on 
he fixes a lance, with a flag upon it, in the place where the 
king’s tent is to be pitched that night, or where he is to halt 
that day. He has couriers, or light runners, through which 
he conftantly correfponds with the army ; whenever he fees 
the enemy, he fends immediate advice, and falls back him- 
felf, or advances farther, :according as his orders are. 
From Tfoomwa the king marched on, a fhort day’s march, 
‘to Derdera, and encamped near the church of St Michael. 
Derdera, was a collection of {mall villages, between the lake 
Dembea and Court-ohha, where, it will be remembered, the 
agreement was the confederates fhould inclofe Michael, and 
give him battle; but he had now loftall patience, as there was 
no appearance of either Gufho-or Powuflen; and being, be- 
fides, in an enemy’s country, ‘he began to proceed in his u- 
fual manner, by giving orders to lay wafte the whole adja- 
cent territory with fire and fword. The whole line of march, 
two day’s journey in breadth from the lake, was fet on fire; 
the people who could not efcape were flain, and every wan- 
ton barbarity permitted. 
Tue king’s paflage of the Nile was the fignal given for 
me to fet out to join him. It was the 18th of May, at noon, I 
Jeft Emfras, my courfe being fouthward whilft in the plain 
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