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Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 3 (of 5)
James Bruce
799 pages~15 hr 56 min read40 chapters$4.99
Practical hazards fill the third volume of Bruce's travels: diseases of the country, the treacherous port of Masuah, and the hard mountain journey inland toward the highlands. He mixes survival advice with vivid incident. Gritty and detailed. Press deeper into Africa on the difficult march toward the source of the Nile.
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- 1Transcriber’s Note:
- 2TRAVELS 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. 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.
- 3CONTENTS OF THE THIRD VOLUME.
- 4TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. 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.
- 5CHAP. II. Directions to Travellers for preserving Health—Diseases of the Country—Music—Trade, c. of Masuah—Conferences with the Naybe.
- 6Table of the relative value of Money.
- 7CHAP. III. Journey from Arkeeko, over the mountain Taranta, to Dixan.
- 8CHAP. IV. Journey from Dixan to Adowa, Capital of Tigrè.
- 9CHAP. V. Arrive at Adowa—Reception there—Visit Fremona and Ruins of Axum—Arrive at Siré.
- 10CHAP. VI. Journey from Siré to Addergey, and Transactions there.
- 11CHAP. VII. Journey over Lamalmon to Gondar.
- 12CHAP. VIII. Reception at Gondar—Triumphal Entry of the King—The Author’s first Audience.
- 13CHAP. IX. Transactions at Gondar.
- 14CHAP. X. Geographical Division of Abyssinia into Provinces.
- 15CHAP. XI. Various Customs in Abyssinia similar to those in Persia, c.—A bloody Banquet described, c.
- 16CHAP. XII. State of Religion—Circumcision, Excision, c.
- 17TRAVELS TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE. BOOK VI. FIRST ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER THE SOURCE OF THE NILE FRUSTRATED—A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY THITHER, WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF EVERY THING RELATING TO THAT CELEBRATED RIVER. CHAP. I. The Author made Governor of Ras el Feel.
- 18CHAP. II. Battle of Banja—Conspiracy against Michael—The Author retires to Emfras—Description of Gondar, Emfras, and Lake Tzana.
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