a country of Africa, bounded on the north by Egypt, on the south by Abyssinia, on the east by the coast of Abesh or Abex, and on the west by Zaara and Nigritia. It is said to be 400 leagues in length, and 200 in breadth, and to be watered by a river which falls into the Nile; but of these dimensions we have little certainty, and nothing can be depended upon concerning the nature of the country or its inhabitants.