CHAPTER XXIX.

THE SOURCES OF THE NILE--THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON, AND THE FOUNTAINS OF THE NILE.

Père Jerome Lobo and the Nile--The chartographers of Homer’s time--Hekatæus’s ideas of Africa--Africa after Hipparchus--The great Ptolemy’s map--Edrisi’s map--Map of the Margarita Philosophica--Map of John Ruysch--Sylvannus’ map--Sebastian Cabot’s map--The arbitrariness of the modern map maker--Map of Constable, Edinburgh--What Hugh Murray says in his book published in 1818--A fine dissertation on the Nile by Father Lobo--Extracts from part of a MS. in the possession of H. E. Ali Pasha Moubarek--Plan of Mount Gumr--A good description of Africa by Scheabeddin--The Nile according to Abdul Hassen Ali--Abu Abd Allah Mohammed on the Nile river 291