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which was overgrown with fine grafs, and which even the mukitude of cattle that thronged upon it feemed not ca- pable of confuming. At three quarters pafl fix in the even- ing we came to a large village called Wed Medinai, clofe upon the fide of the river, which here having made a large turn, comes again from the S. E. This town or village be- longs to a Fakir, who received us very hofpitably.
On the 14th, at fix in the morning we fet out from Wed Medinai in a diredlion N. W. and at three quarters pad eight arrived at the village Beroulc. We then entered a thick wood, and thence into a very extenfive and cultivated plain, fown with dora and bammia ; a plant .which makes a prin- cipal article in their food all over the fouthern part of the kingdom of Sennaar, which is defcribed, and the figure of it publilhed, by Profper Alpinus* At a quarter paft eleven we arrived at Azazo, about a mile and a half diftant from the Nile. The corn feemed here much more forward than that at Sennaar, and in feveral places it was in the ear. It Tained copioufly in the night of the 14th, but before this there had been a very dry fcafon, and very great fcarcity the preceding year. At ten minutes pafl: four in the after- jioon we left Azazo, our journey, like that of the day be- fore, partly through thick woods, and partly through plains fown with dora. Our direcflion was nearly north, and the 3-iver about two miles and a half difl:ant, nearly parallel to the road wc went. At fix we came to a fmall village called
- Sidi Ail el GenowL
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