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ADO WA 
May 11.— Second * (|) in the tail of Ursa Major gave 14* 12' 46" 
Last * (Benetnach) in ditto - - 14 12 14 
2)28 25 0 
Mean latitude of Adowa 14 12 30 
Mr. Bruce places the latitude of Adowa in 14° 7' 57", mak- 
ing a dilFerence between us of about four miles and a half, 
which will not appear extraordinary to any person acquainted 
with the great improvement which has latterly taken place in 
the construction of mathematical instruments, the one made use 
of by Mr. Bruce having been a three foot quadrant, constructed 
in France, and mine having been a remarkably good sextant, ma- 
nufactured by Mr. Blount. I may also remark, that as Mr. 
Bruce does not mention what kind of artificial horizon he used, 
some difference between our methods in this respect may have 
occasioned the trifling variation in our observations. The longi- 
tude of Adowa is laid down according to its computed distance 
from Dixan, which latter place I subsequently had the means of 
satisfactorily determining. 
On the 12th we left Adowa, and proceeded on our way to the 
coast ; Mr. Coffin and Mr. Pearce accompanying us as far as 
the descent into the vale of Ribierani, where they parted from 
our company, according to a previous arrangement agreed upon 
between us, owing to the Ras having expressed an anxious wish 
for their return, and being myself unwilling to risque their 
safety among the borderers, several of whom were known to be 
very inimical to their remaining in Abyssinia. There was some- 
thing melancholy in leaving two of my countrymen in so remote 
