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root, and that this node is rc-produced in plants analogous 

 to the dicotyledons, such as tliis very pepper to which he 

 had already had recourse in the dispute relating to the 

 iieliimljo. 



Here M. Richard atBrms that the pepper ii5 wholly rriono- 

 cotyledonal, as well as the nelumbo ; and it nsay happen, 

 according to him, that we mav overturn the structure 

 of the stalks of the family of the pepper plants, or that we 

 may be obliged to refer to the general rule of the structure 

 of the stalks, new determinations calculated to render it^ 

 application more precise, and to banish the semblance of 

 exceptions. 



[To be continued.] 



LXXX. Iiitelligejice and Miscellaneous Articles. 



INTERIOR OF AFRICA. 



A German of the nairie of Roentgen has been recently 

 prosecuting the same objects of discovery that excited the 

 ardour of the celebrated though unfortunate Park ; andj 

 penetrating into the central regions of Africa, to reach, if 

 possible, the city of Tombuctoo, which has never yet been 

 explored bv any European traveller. The following article 

 on this subject has appeared in a German journal. 



"There has been lately published at Neuwied, an inte- 

 resting letter from the traveller Roentgen to his brother. 

 It reached him through Professor Hagen, who received it 

 from Mr. Nunemann, of London. Roentgen, it appears, 

 after visiting Paris, Vienna, and London, had repaired to 

 Mogadore, \a here he resided a considerable time; and the 

 letter in question, dated the 21st of July 1811, was written 

 on the bank of the river TeusifTt, at the moment of his de- 

 parture for the interior of Africa. The following is some 

 of the most interesting information it contains : 



" During my residence at Mogadore, I was engaged day 

 and night in studving the Arabic, and 1 have succeeded in 

 making nivself understood by the natives of the country. 

 I will avail mvself of ih^r knowledge of the country, and 

 of the uiamiers of the people, which I have acquired, in 

 order to travel directly to Tombuctoo. I would not act with 

 so much l^oidncss, were I not convinced that Providenge 

 has destined me to make the discovery t)f the interior of 

 Africa. My aood stars hive furnished rfie with a com- 

 paniv.u in my travels, thari whom \ could not have wished 

 for a better. He is a Gen>) in, who, when only twelve 

 years old, quilled his paternal roof, having an irresistible 



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