THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, AO 5 
CEA Pet 
Pafs- the River Gomara—Remarkable Accident there—Arrive at Da- 
ra—Vifit the great Cataract of Alata—Leave Dara, and refume our 
Journeys 
N the 20th ‘of May, between fix and feven in the morn- - 
O ing, as-Adigo was not arrived, I fent the baggage and © 
tents that we had with us forward with Strates, a Greek, . 
who was an avowed enemy to all learned inquiries or bo- - 
tanical refearches. My orders were to’'encamp at Dara, in - 
fome convenient place near the houfeofNegadékas Mahomet. 
In the mean time I ftaid ‘expecting Ayto Adigo’s arrival ; he - 
came near eleveno’clock. Asatemporary fhelter from the - 
fun, a cloak upon crofs fticks was fet up, inftead of a tent, to : 
fave time. We fat down together to fuch fare as Adigo had 
brought along with him; it was a foldier’s dinner, coarfe and 
plentiful. Adigo told me Kafmati Ayabdar, an uncle of 
Gufho, had left his houfe the night before, accompanied 
by the men of Foggora, the country where we:then were 
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