Holes in stories

And a brass ring

It’s November 14, the day James Bruce discovered the source of the Nile River. He traced it all the way to an Ethiopian town called Gish Abay. There was a fresh water spring there, and Bruce declared it to be the source of the river. There was at least one hole in his story, though; the Nile splits into two streams in Khartoum (in Sudan) — the main one …