A40 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER 
CHAP. VL 
King’s Army retreats towards Gondar—Memorable Pafjage of the Niles 
Dangerous Situation of the Army—Retreat of Kefla Yafous—Battle 
of Limjour—Unexpecied Peace with Fafil—<Arrival at Gondar. 
T was on the 26th of May, early in the morning, that 
| the army marched towards the Nile. In the after- 
noon we encamped, between two and three, on the banks 
of the river Coga, the church Abbo being fomething more 
than half a mile to the north-weft of us. | 
NexT morning, the 27th, we left the river Coga, march- 
ing down upon the -Nile; we paffed the church of Mariam- 
Net, as they call the church of St Anne. Here the fupe- 
rior, attended by about fifty of his monks, came in proceffion 
to welcome Ras Michael; but he, it feems, had received 
fome intelligence of ill-offices the people of this quarter 
had done to the Agows by Fafil’s direction; he therefore 
I , ordered 
