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Cataracts of the nil*. 
\Ao "'’er, through its long and fertile lange of 
winding through 
ten countries, exhibits very considerable 
which, having a descent Oi 
Tl **^®*^’ occur, before it reaches the level 
\ p® Cat ® ™® which, by way of eminence, is 
Nps “h by Mr. 
A\ “ose relation the following particulars are 
® beneath the cataract, 
*'^ge of between two rocks, over which a 
hoog..® ®'Cglc “rch has been thrown, and mns 
'Xof ^‘1 4"’ and an impetuous 
C'V tbe cataract presents itself amid 
k to o'^ous • ti'ces, and exhibits a most magnificent 
'X. ®greaf V Mr. Bruce observes, ages. 
' n tor from Kn ■ of human life, could not efface 
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bis memory. 
It struck him with a kind 
® total oblivion of where he was, as 
bes 
well 
'I concent. At the -time of his visit, 
't sliggj. considerably increased by rains, and 
"1 to ? 't'ater, above half an English mile in 
8tv. boise y^, .’c depth of at least forty feet, with a 
'tied h;,^“^b Were truly terrific, and which, for a 
'•Vs.,'^''Vere,i^,^tid made him giddy. 
l. srs^ "retej ■' ““o g'tidy. A thick fume, 
L’tXrXte„,X in every part, and hung over 
^ S ,?.bbou[ru both above and below, marking 
were not seen. The river. 
XI <>b thXva^, 
tA . p ' sw.n„_ 
t up'O -‘y itiTn X preserved its natural clearness, 
.V tito^^ttly • ^ deep pool, or basin, in the solid 
Pi-ecipi ^^coty different eddies to the very 
. ^Ur» L* 111 fallincr. a nnrJinn 
^ ^ 
'AX : b'ti bare’ falling, a portion of the W>am 
ij« great fury on the rockj as well 
* rif^ ° course, raising waves, or violent 
cl c »-uuise, jtusing w 
I Cat against each other. 
MENDER. 
®t of constitutes the source of this river,* 
® ancients, i.s tlius beautifully described 
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