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 THE SOl/RCE OF THE NILE. 351

went always to the eaftward of north. From Teawa we obferved the following bearings and diftances :

Beyla, W. S. W. about 28 miles at fartheft.

Hafib, S. and by W«

Jibbel Imfiddera, S. about 8 miles, where is good water.

Mendera, N. 48 miles ; indifferent water from deep wells.

Rafhid, S. nearly 33 miles ; plenty of good water all the

year. Jibbel IfrifF, E. N. E. about three miles ; water. Jibbel Attefli and Habharras, W. and by N. between 50

and Co miles. Sennaar, W. and by N. as far as we could guefs about 70

miles. Guangue River, from 14 to 16 miles due eaft. Deakin, E. N. E, about 27 miles.

At Garigana, feveral of our caravan, with their afles and loading of fait, left us, either afraid of entering Teawa, or bccaufe their friends dwelt at Jibbel Ifriff, where the clan of Jchaina were then encamped, being afraid of the Arabs Daveina, who, the preceding year, had deilroyed all the crops and villages that belonged to them, or rather reaped them for their own advantage. The whole tribe of Jehaina is greatly their inferiors in all refpecTrs, and as by afTem- bling upon Jibbel IfrifF, a low though very rugged ridge of hills, abounding in water, where the pits in which they hide their grain were, and where, too, they had depofited the principal of their effedis, they had given this pledge of mutual aliiftance to tiie inhabitants of Teawa in cafe of an attack from thole great deilroyers the Daveina.

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