we refted. At ten minutes paft one we fet out again, thro*'
the thickeft and moil impenetrable woods I ever faw ; and
at h a lf paft four we encamped about two miles weft o f Am-
ba Daid, a fmall village o f elephant hunters, often deftroy-
ed by the Shangalla, but now lately rebuilt, and ftrengthr
ened by Agageers and their families under protedlion o f
Ayto Confu. We went not to the village, for the fake o f a
fmall brook which we had found here, running north, and
fa llin g into the Angrab..
On the i6rh, at h a lf after feven in the morning we re--
fumed our journey, going weftward; about an hour and a.
h a lf afterwards we arrived at the G erma, a large river which,
runs N. N. W. and falls into the A n g ra b ; and a quarterr-
after nine we palled the Germa, and going N. W. through-,
the very thickeft woods, came to Dabdo, a hill alrnoft der
ferted, its inhabitants having been fo frequently deftroyed;
b y the Pagan Shangalla..
At twenty minutes paft ten, ftill g o in g ' through the:
thickeft woods, and ground all opened by the heat o f the:
fun, we found, in a grafly marih, a pretty abundant, ipring
o f foul water. This is the reiort o f the hunters o f the
elephant, as alfp o f their rivals and'enemies the Shangalla ;.
and here much human blood' has been flied by people-
whofe occupation and intention, when they went from,
home, were that o f flaying the wild beafts only. The Baafa,.
or Dobena' Shangalla, poftefs the country which lies about
four days journey N. E. from this..
A t a quarter'paft eleven we came to the river Terkwa j;
which, after running N. W. falls* in to the A n g rab ; it then,
ftoocfc
flood in large deep pool« ; the banks were covered with tall
green g ra fs ; the tafte o f the water foul, and earthy. At
twelve we palled the river T e rkw a ; and go in g north, about
an hour after we came to the Dongola,running eaft and weft;
and an hour after that to Jibbel Myrat river, which, running
eaft and weft, was once the boundary between Sennaar and
Abyflinia. . Hiftory does not tell us when thefe boundaries
were altered, or upon what occafion. It was probably upon
the firft invafion that new ones were fettled. It ihould feem
that the Abyflinians had then the better o f Nubia; for a
large acceffion o f territory was ceded b y the latter to
the former. A few minutes after we came to the river
Woodo, larger than the laft. It has a rocky bottom, and
is fu ll o f fmall filh o f a brownifti and filver colour. Where
we crofted, it runs from weft to eaft, and falls into the Angrab.
There we palled the night, not without alarms, as
frelh foot-fteps in the fand were ve ry plainly difcovered,
which, b y the length o f the foot, and the largenefs o f the
heels, our people pronounced were Purely Shangalla ; but
nothing difaftrous appeared all night.
On the 17th, before feven *in the morning we were again
upon our journey, our direction N. and N. W. winding to
due Weft. Andoval mountain ftood W. N. W . diftant from
us four miles. At forty minutes paft eight, going due weft,
Andoval mountain lay to the north o f u s ; and Awafla
mountains to the fouth. This is a ridge which, coming from
the north, ftretches fouth toDabda, and Abra Amba. Andoval
mountain is a fmall pointed peek, which conftitutes
the north end o f them. We halted here a few minutes,'
and refumed our route to the weftward, and N. W. till we
R r 2 came