66 t MEMOIR OP BRUCE. 
with their horses. Two days after the passage, the 
Bas engaged Fasil and routed him at Limjour; 
next day the rebel gave in his submission, and so- 
lemnly promised that he would never again appear 
in arms against the king, but hold his government 
faithfully under him, and pay his contributions regu- 
larly. After this declaration, Fasil was appointed 
governor of Da mot and Maitsha. 
On the 30tlr of May Bruce returned to Gondar, 
mortified at having undergone so many dangers 
without attaining the great object of his journey 
— viewing the sources of the Nile — which he had 
approached within fifty miles. Confidence, however, 
never failed him, and the reconciliation of Fasil be- 
came instrumental in accomplishing his wishes. He 
had been very attentive and serviceable to Fasil’s 
servants while in the camp, especially in prescribing 
for his principal general, Welleta Yasous, who had 
a cancer on his lip ; and in return he obtained a 
grant of the village of Geesh and the source where 
the Nile rises, in exchange for Tangouri near 
Emfras. This arrangement greatly facilitated his 
plans ; and although the Iteghe showed much aver- 
sion to his design, she did not positively forbid the 
attempt ; and accordingly, on the 20th of October, 
Bruce and his party resumed the task of exploration. 
His quadrant required four men, relieving each 
other, to carry it; and his time-keeper and teles- 
copes employed two more. Passing the flat coun- 
try of Dembea, towards the great lake Tzana, 
through which ran the waters of the Nile, they 
