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fpt^tmg the fmaH ancient buildings there, confirmed. He 

 traced out the ground plan of th« walls by which they were 

 furrounded, in fuch a manner, that it appears highly piobable 

 that thefe ruins are of great antiquity, and perhaps belonged 

 to the temple of Jupiter Amraon. During the courfe of 

 their journey, after leaving this place, the caravan was flop- 

 ped by about a hundred Arabs on horfeback, who infilled 

 on Horneman and his fellow-traveller, a native of Cologne, 

 who, after refiding long in Egypt, had become a Mahome- 

 tan, being delivered up to them, on a pretence of their being 

 French fpies ; but they faved themfelves by repealing Arabic 

 prayers from the Coran, In forty-one days the caravan ar- 

 rived at Murfok. Here Honienian's fellow-traveller died, 

 and he hiinfelf was attacked by an endemial fever, which 

 prevented hira from continuing his journey with thecaravaa 

 to Soudan. He therefore refohed, as foon as he was reco- 

 vered, to remain at Tripoli till the departure of the jiext ca- 

 ravan for Soudan, and in the mean time to arrange his papers, 

 to make copies of them, and to tranfmit them to Europe 

 by an Englifh velTel. In the month of December he in- 

 tended to return to Murfok, and to wait there for the de- 

 parture of the next caravan to Fezzan in the fpring. It &p- 

 pears by his letters, that, as he is now well acquainted with 

 the languages and mariners of tl;e Mahometans, he enter- 

 tains great hopes of being able to accomphih his expedition 

 in a fuccefsful nianner. 



BREWING. 



One of the foreign journals announce?, that Profeflbr 

 Schrrer, of Vienna, has difcovered that beet-roots which 

 have been fubjc6led to the prcfs, and deprived of the greater 

 part of their juice, aJ'er beng dried, and treated in the fame 

 manner as grain intended to be made into malt, may be 

 employed in the brewing of beer. A fa6l of a fimilar kind, 

 which may furnifh fome uffful economical hints, is, that 

 very good brandy may be made from goofeberries : a gentle- 

 man of (.ur acquaintance has now in his pofleflion fome 

 brandy procured from the hulks of goofeberries left in making 

 gooleberry wine, which is little inferior to the beft French 

 hrai;dy. 



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