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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.
[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