Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5): In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773Bruce, James
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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5): In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773
Bruce, James
Egypt -- Description and travel; Ethiopia -- Description and travel; Ethiopia -- History; Natural history -- Ethiopia; Nile River
At a quarter past eleven we came to the river Terkwa; which, after
running N. W. falls into the Angrab; it then flood in large deep
pools; the banks were covered with tall green grass; the taste of the
water foul, and earthy. At twelve we passed the river Terkwa; and
going north, about an hour after we came to the Dongola, running east
and west; and an hour after that to Jibbel Myrat river, which, running
east and west, was once the boundary between Sennaar and Abyssinia.
History does not tell us when these boundaries were altered, or upon
what occasion. It was probably upon the first invasion that new ones
were settled. It should seem that the Abyssinians had then the better
of Nubia; for a large accession of territory was ceded by the latter
to the former. A few minutes after we came to the river Woodo, larger
than the last. It has a rocky bottom, and is full of small fish of
a brownish and silver colour. Where we crossed, it runs from west
to east, and falls into the Angrab. There we passed the night, not
without alarms, as fresh footsteps in the sand were very plainly
discovered, which, by the length of the foot, and the largeness of
the heels, our people pronounced were surely Shangalla; but nothing
disastrous appeared all night.
On the 17th, before seven in the morning we were again upon our
journey, our direction N. and N. W. winding to due West. Andoval
mountain stood W. N. W. distant from us four miles. At forty minutes
past eight, going due west, Andoval mountain lay to the north of us;
and Awassa mountains to the south. This is a ridge which, coming from
the north, stretches south to Dabda, and Abra Amba. Andoval mountain
is a small pointed peek, which constitutes the north end of them. We
halted here a few minutes, and resumed our route to the westward, and
N. W. till we came to Sancaho, at half an hour past one, and there we
rested.
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