16 
weeks from his death.—In his way 
to Cherfon, his baggage was found 
to be miffing from behind the car- 
riage while he and his fervant re- 
frefhed themfelves with a nap. On 
the difcovery of this lofs, Mr. H. 
haftened back to the neareft town or 
village where he recollected to have 
feen a party of Ruffian recruits, 
whom he charged with taking his 
property. 
carriage till a magiltrate could be 
applied to, his property was brought 
in, firft a hat-box, and next a trunk; 
which laft had been found half-buried 
in the road by the fide of fields where 
fome men were ploughing ; one of 
_ whom, ftartled at feeing the nails 
of the trunk fhine juit out of the 
ground, was afraid to touch it with- 
out his companion. When it was 
opened by Mr. H. every article 
both of linen and money was found 
in fratu quo: but fufpicions fell fo 
ftrong on the recruits, at having 
concealed it till an opportunity of- 
fered for them to carry it off and 
fhare the {poil, that the magiftrate 
configned {even of them to Siberia. 
The account given of his death 
in the London Gazette of the 23d 
inftant is as follows, and is perhaps 
the firft initance of the ceath of a 
private individual being fo an- 
nounced. “ Warfaw, March 6. 
Yefterday arrived in this city a per- 
fon from Cherfon, who brings an 
account of te death of Mr. How- 
ard, fo well known from his travels, 
and plans of reform of the different 
prifons and hofpitals in Europe, 
This gentleman fell a victim to his 
humanity; for, having vilited a 
young lady at Cherfon, fick of an 
epidemic fever, for the purpofe of 
adminiftering fome medical affilt- 
ance, he caught the diftemper him- 
felf, and -was. carried off in twelve 
While he waited in the. 
‘ 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. : 
days.—Prince Potemkin, on hear- 
ing of his illnefs, fent his phyfician 
to his relief from Jaffy.” 
Account of the late Mr. Ledyard; 
from “© Proceedings of the Scciety 
for promoting the difcovery of the 
interior Parts of Africa.” 
fe HIS extraordinary perfon 
was recommended to the 
committee of the affociation as emi- 
nently qualified for undertaking the 
projected journey into the interior 
part of Africa. He was an. Ame- 
rican by birth, and feemed from his 
youth to have felt an invincible de- 
fire to make himfelf acquainted with 
unknown or imperfeCtly difcovered’ 
regions of the globe. For feveral 
years he-had lived with the Indians 
of America, had ftudied their man- 
ners, and had praétifed in their 
fchool the means of obtaining their 
protection, and of recommending 
himfelf to the favour of favages. In 
the humble fituation of a corporal 
of marines, to which he fubmitted 
rather than relinquifh his purfuit, 
he had made, with Capt. Cook, the 
voyage of the world; and feeling, 
on his return, an anxious defire of 
penetrating from the North-weftern 
coait, which Cook had partly ex- 
plored, tg the Eaftern .coaft, with 
which he himfelf was perfectly fa- 
miliar, he determined to traverfe 
the vaft continent, from the Pacific 
to the Atlantic Ocean. 
« His firft plan for the purpofe 
was that of embarking in a veffel 
which was preparing to fail, on a 
voyage or commercial adventure, to 
Nootka Sound, on the Weftern 
coaft of America; and with this 
view he expended, in fea-ftores, the 
greateft part of the money which 
his chief benefactor, Sir. Jofeph 
Banks 
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