44 TRAVELS IN AFRICA, 
Haying thus fpent two days and parr of a third in the 
vicinity of the lakes, my attendants grew impatient, and I was 
obliged to return. After a fhort interval, having re-embarked 
for Kahira, I arrived there on the i6th May 1792 *. 
♦ The water in the river between Tcrane and Kahira was fo (hallow, that 
with a very fmall boat (Canjia) we had great difficulty in paffing. 
