134$ AFRICA 



IX. 



Notice of an Adventurer to the Interior of Africa. 



Interior of T^ was some time since mentioned, that a German, of the 

 Africa. Jl_ name of Roentgen, had been making preparations to 



prosecute the same objects of discovery that excited the ardour 

 of the celebrated, though unfortunate, Park ; and, penetrating 

 into the central regions of Africa, to reach, if possible, the city 

 of Tombuctoo, which has never yet been explored by any- 

 European traveller. The following article on this subject has 

 appeared in a German journal of the 8th of October, quoted in 

 the General Chronicle. 



M There has been lately published, at Nenwied, an interest- 

 ing letter from the traveller Roentgen to his brother. It reached 

 him through Professor Hagen, who received it from Mr. Nune- 

 mann, of London. Roentgen, it appears, after visiting Paris, 

 Vienna, and London, had repaired to Mogadore, where he 

 resided a considerable time ; and the letter in question, dated 

 the 21st of July, 181 1, was written on the bank of the river 

 TeulirTt, at the moment of his deparfure for the interior of 

 Africa." The following is some of the most interesting infor- 

 mation it contains : — 



' During my residence at Mogadore, I was engaged day and 

 night in studying the Arabic -, and I have succeeded in making 

 myself to be understood by the natives of the country. I will 

 avail myself of that knowledge of the country, and of the 

 manners of the people, which I have acquired, in order to 

 travel to Tombuctoo. I would not act with so much boldness, 

 were I not convinced, that providence has destined me to make 

 the discovery of the interior of Africa. My good stars have 

 furnished me witji a companion in my travels, than whom I 

 could not have wished for abetter. He is a German, who, 

 when only twelve years old/quitted his paternal roof, having an 

 irresistible inclination for roaming ; he has never since lived six 

 months on the same spot, and is now thirty-eight years of age. 

 He knows all the European languages, the Sclavonic excepted. 

 Fourteen years ago, when destitute of money or protection, he 

 was impressed by the English for a sailor, in an island of th« 



Mediterranean, 



