THE SOURCE OF THE NILE 579 
_ ftance, nor have they a meanin¢ or fignification in any one 
language | know. 
Tue church of Abbo is a quarter of a mile toour right, and 
the church of Eion Mariam bears eaft by fouth half a mile. 
We refumed our journey at half paft nine, and, after advan- 
cing a few minutes, we came in fight of the ever-memorable 
field of Fagitta. Ata quarter paft ten we were pointing to 
the fouth-eaft, the two great clans of the Agow, Zeegam 
and Dengut, being to-the fouth-weft; the remarkable moun- 
tain Davenanza is about eight miles off, bearing fouth-eaft 
by fouth, and the courfe of the Nile is eaft and weft. Eatft- 
ward ftill from this is the high mountain of Adama, one 
of the ridges of Amid Amid, which form the entrance of 
a narrow valley on the eaft fide, as the mountains of Litch- 
ambara do on the weft. In this valley runs the large river 
Jemma, rifing in the mountains, which, after pafling thro’ 
part of Maitfha, falls below into the Nile. The mountains 
from this begin to rife high, whereas at Samfeen they are 
_ very low and inconfiderable. Adama is about ten miles 
_ from our prefent fituation, which is alfo famous for a battle 
fought by Fafil’s father, while governor of Damot, againft 
the people of Maitfha, in which they were totally defeated. 
We now defcended into a large plain full of marfhes, 
bounded on the weft by the Nile, and at ten and three quar- 
ters we croffed the {mall river Diwa, which comes from the 
eaft and runs to the weftward: though not very broad, it 
was by much the deepeft river we had pafied; the banks of 
earth being perpendicular and infirm, and the bottom foul 
and clayey, we were obliged to difmount ourfelves, unload 
the mules, and carry our baggage over. This was a trouble. 
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