From Abu Telfân South, ten days journey, is said to be the source of the Bahr-el-abiad: but the particulars of the route my informer was unable to give me, he not having travelled it. The place is called Donga, and is the residence of a chief or king of an idolatrous nation. The country there is very mountainous, and in the spot where the river rises are said to be forty distinct hills: these are called Kumri. From them a great number of springs issues, which uniting into one great channel form the Bahr-el-abiad. The people of Bergoo go thither sometimes to seize captives, but there is no trade between them and the natives. The people are quite naked, black, and idolaters. The place is said to be twenty days removed from the confines of Bornou. All the road thither is mountainous. From Donga to Shillûk 30 days. =No. III.= METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR THE YEAR 1794. +------------------------------------+ | JANUARY. | +------+------+------+---------------+ | Day |Height|Height| | |of the| of | of | Course of the | |Month.|Therm.|Therm.| Wind. | | |7 A.M.|3 P.M.| | +------+------+------+---------------+ | 1 | 58 | 76 | } | | | | | } | | 2 | 60 | 76 | } | | | | | } | | 3 | 59 | 75 | } | | | | | } | | 4 | 61 | 80 | } | | | | | } | | 5 | 60 | 79 | } | | | | | } | | 6 | 61 | 79 | } | | | | | } | | 7 | 57 | 78 | } | | | | | } Always | | 8 | 53 | 76 | } Northerly. | | | | | } | | 9 | 58 | 78 | } | | | | | } | | 10 | 59 | 80 | } | | | | | } | | 11 | 56 | 75 | } | | | | | } | | 12 | 51 | 72 | } | | | | | } | | 13 | 53 | 73 | } | | | | | } | | 14 | 49 | 70 | } | | | | | } | | 15 | 50 | 70 | } | | | | | | | 16 | 52 | 74 | W. | | | | | | | 17 | 51 | 74 | W.N.W. | | | | | | | 18 | 51 | 76 | | | | | | | | 19 | 53 | 78 | | | | | | | | 20 | 55 | 76 | N.W. | | | | | |