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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.
VOL. III.
Nilus in extremum fugit perterritus orbem,
Occuluitque caput, quod adhuc latet.——
EDINBURGH:
PRINTED BY J. RUTHVEN,
FOR G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATERNOSTER ROW,
LONDON.
M.DCC.XC.
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CONTENTS
OF THE
THIRD VOLUME.
| BOOK V. | |
|---|---|
| ACCOUNT OF MY JOURNEY FROM MASUAH TO GONDAR—TRANSACTIONS THERE—MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE ABYSSINIANS. | |
| Page | |
| 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, | 31ii |
| 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, | 172iii |
| CHAP. VIII. | |
| Reception at Gondar—Triumphal Entry of the King—The Author’s first Audience, | 197 |
| CHAP. IX. | |
| Transactions at Gondar, | 233 |
| CHAP. X. | |