Bruce, James

traveller, called the "Aby in i an," born at Kinnaird House, Stir lings hire, set out from Cairo in 1768 in quest of the source of the Nile: believed he had discovered it; stayed two years in Aby in i a, and returned home by way of France, elated with his succe ; felt hurt that no honor was conferred on him, and for relief from the chagrin wrote an account of his travels in five quarto vols., the general accuracy of which, as far as it goes, has been attested by subsequent explorers (1730-1794).