THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 38-1
look into the ftrect. There appears to have never been any cmbrafures for cannon, and the four fides of this wall are above an Englifh mile and a half in length.
The mountain, or hill, on which the town is fituated, is furrounded on every fide by a deep valley, which has three outlets; the one to the fouth to Dembea, Maitflia, and the Agows; the fecond to the north* well towards Sennaar, over the high mountain Debra Tzai, or the Mountain of the Sun, at the root of which Kofcam, the palace of the Iteghe, is fituated, and the low countries of Walkayt and Waldubba ; the third is to the north to Woggora, over the high moun- tain Lamalmon, and fo on through Tigre to the Red Sea. The river Kahha, coming from the Mountain of the Sun, or De- bra Tzai, runs through the valley, and covers all the fouth of the town ; the Angrab, falling from Woggora, furrounds it on the N. N. E. Thefe rivers join at the bottom of the hill, about a quarter of a mile fouth of the town.
Immediately upon the bank oppofite to Gondar, on the other fide of the river, is a large town of Mahometans of a- bout a thoufand houfes. Thefe are all active and laborious people; great part of them are employed in taking care of the king's and nobility's baggage and field-equipage, both when they take the field and when they return from it. They pitch and ftrike their tents with furprifing facility and expedition ; they load and conduct the mules and the baggage, and are formed into a body under proper offi- cers, but never fuffered, nor do they chufe, to fight on either fide.
Gondar,
