[Transcriber’s Note: This project uses utf-8 encoded characters. If some characters are not readable, check your settings of your browser to ensure you have a default font installed that can display utf-8 characters.] TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. IN FIVE VOLUMES. BY JAMES BRUCE OF KINNAIRD, ESQ. F.R.S. [Illustration: _Heath Sc_] VOL. III. _Nilus in extremum fugit perterritus orbem_, _Occuluitque caput, quod adhuc latet._---- OVID. Metam. EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY J. RUTHVEN, FOR G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. M.DCC.XC. CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME. BOOK V. ACCOUNT OF MY JOURNEY FROM MASUAH TO GONDAR--TRANSACTIONS THERE--MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABYSSINIANS. CHAP. I. _Transactions at Masuah and Arkeeko_, 1 CHAP. II. _Directions to Travellers for preserving Health--Diseases of the Country--Music--Trade_, &c. _of Masuah--Conferences with the Naybe_, 31 CHAP. III. _Journey from Arkeeko over the Mountain Taranta, to Dixan_, 64 CHAP. IV. _Journey from Dixan to Adowa, Capital of Tigré_, 93 CHAP. V. _Arrive at Adowa--Reception there--Visit Fremona--And Ruins of Axum--Arrive at Siré_, 118 CHAP. VI. _Journey from Siré to Addergey, and Transactions there_, 152 CHAP. VII. _Journey over Lamalmon to Gondar_, 172 CHAP. VIII. _Reception at Gondar--Triumphal Entry of the King--The Author’s first Audience_, 197 CHAP. IX. _Transactions at Gondar_, 233 CHAP. X. _Geographical Division of Abyssinia into Provinces_, 248 CHAP. XI. _Various Customs in Abyssinia, similar to those in Persia_, &c.--_A bloody Banquet described_, &c. 262 CHAP. XII. _State of Religion--Circumcision--Excision_, &c. 313 BOOK VI. FIRST ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE FRUSTRATED--A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY THITHER, WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF EVERY THING RELATING TO THAT CELEBRATED RIVER. CHAP. I. _The Author made Governor of Ras el Feel_, 359 CHAP. II. _Battle of Banja--Conspiracy against Michael--The Author retires to Emfras--Description of Gondar, Emfras, and Lake Tzana_, 373 CHAP. III. _The King encamps at Lamgué--Transactions there--Passes the Nile, and encamps at Derdera--The Author follows the King_, 389 CHAP. IV.