42S Difcov erics in Africa* 



Fezzan on the iath of September, with camels, horfes atid 

 tome merchandife. lie aifumes the character of a merchant, 

 but not very rich, that he may not afford temptation to 

 avarice. When in Egypt he accidentally met with a country- 

 man of his own, who had long redded there, and embraced 

 the Mahometan religion, lie had made three journeys to 

 Mecca, and ipoke the Turkifh and Arabic languages with 

 great fluency. He was on the point of returning to Europe ; 

 but T at the requcft of Horneman, he consented to accompany 

 him on his tourney. Horneman means to proceed to Fes- 

 zao, and thence to Cafhna. He will remain as long as he 

 tan in the interior of Africa ; and return either towards the 

 weft by Senegambia, or towards the call by Ethiopia. He 

 ftill enjoys good health ; has withflood the climate or the 

 country, and is filled with zeal and ardour. His letter to 

 Sir Jofeph Banks bore the irapreiuon of Bonaparte's official 

 hall, and was delivered to Sir Jufeph by -the French agent in 

 England for the exchange of prifoneES. Sir Jofeph, in You 

 Zach's Ephemerides for February, does jiil'tice to the French 

 bv a compliment for the fcrupulous delivery of this letter." 



The following is an extract of a letter from M. Harntman 

 to Profeffbr Heeren at Gottingen, dated Cairo, October 14. 

 [797. — " I am as well at prefent as can be expected ; my 

 health has not in the kali fullered from the cumate, though 

 it is very different from that of Europe. I have not yet 

 been able to examine thoroughly the ruins of Alexandria, 

 becaufe there are too many of the free Arabs roving about 

 the city. But, in order that I might not be idle, I examined 

 the different kinds of itones, and carried away fpecimens. It 

 w:asi no part of my plan to make refearches into the antiqui- 

 ties in the neighbourhood of Cairo, until I had ftudied the 

 languao-e of the inhabitants. As I had a good opportunity, 

 however, to vifit the pyramids of Giza, I did not neglect it; 

 and though the lhortnei's of the time I could employ would 

 not allow me to make many new obfervations, 1 received this 



benefit 



