Adelan and Abou Kalec. He anfwered with a frieer, “ Ge-
hennim el Kafr, e. Phe Pagan may go to hell. He fpoke con-
temptuoully o f the k in g o f Sennaar, but very refpeCtfully
o f Adelan and Abou Kalec, any one o f whofe little fingers,
he faid, was fufficient to crufh the Mek, and all who adhered
to him. I then took my leave, and went home to-
reft.
On the 17th, at noon, I ohferved the.meridlan altitude o f
the fun, and found the latitude o f the place to be 14° 30' N.
but this obfervation was made with Hadley’s quadrant, that
I might lave time, being willing to advance to as great a
diftance as poflible from Sennaar, fo there may be perhaps,
a minute o f error, and more there ought not to be, as it
was confirmed by feveral obfervations at night. The in-
ftrument, infpefted and rectified by day light, was examined,
and I found it to be without alteration before ufing i t
at night,.
A b o u t eight o'clock in the evening T went t o fee Wed'
Ageeb, who had fupped, and was drinking forbet made o f
tamarinds, I believe rather to fweeten his breath than from
thirft, for he had apparently drunk o f ftronger liquor before
h e took the forbet. He told me that a-fervant o f Adelan
was arrived that evening from the camp, who had brought
him a letter and meflages on my account, and bade m e
be o f good courage, for I Ihould be fafer in my tent than
in Adelan’s hotife at Sennaar; that two men had been executed
for attempting to rob Adelan’s houfe ; and that Mahomet,
the k in g ’s fervant, was d e ftin ed to fuffer upon a
Rake, as foon as ever Adelan ihould move at a greater dif—
i tance:
tance from Shekh Shaddly’s tomb, where fuch executions
could not be performed with decency;
I m a d e him a fmall prefent o f fine muflin, which I had
bought at Sennaar; and, in the courfe o f conVerfation, he told
me thatlthe Mooriih troops fromRas el Feel had burnt Tea-
w a ; that the Daveina were with them, and had plundered
the. Jehaina; arid forced Fidele to fly to Beyla. I aiked i f
any Chriftian troops were among them? fufpefting much
Ay to Engedan and Ay to Confu. He faid there were none
but the Moors o f Ras' el Feel, the Ganjar horfe o f Kuara,
and .the Arabs Daveina. As I did not wifli to be known in
this matter, I puihed my inquiries no fu r th e r : I aiked him
to provide me with one o f his men for fear o f the Shukorea
Arabs, with which he complied, adding, that he was him-
jfelf going oiu to the Shukorea, and would fend a man to-
Halfaia, where I was to confider, and acquaint him, w hether
I was to pads the Nile, at Gerri, and go by the defert o f Ba-
hiouda and Dongola, or by the more unfrequented- way o f
Chendi, Barbar, and the great defert, the fatigues and dangers
o f which he thought it impoflible for a European to
fttifer, but would give me a letter to Sittiria his lifter, to.
whom that country belonged. After Chendi, he allured me
there was no protection to be relied upon but that o f
Heaven. This fenfible difcourfe Was o f great fervice to
me, as it fet me all.the reft o f the journey upon the inquiry
as to the proper fteps for performing this dangerous
expedition.
On the 18th, at feven o’clock I left Herbagi, after writing
a letter to Adelan, thanking him for his punctuality
and care o f me, and giv in g the fervant that had come on
the