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fate, had he not been so fortunate as to cure a broken arm of 

 the favourite mistress of the chief of the horde. 



Compelled to be in the train of this troop of Gijas, he ranged 

 through an extent of continent from the country of the Auris- 

 cans to Hulla, when he escaped from their hands. He then pro- 

 ceeded to a province south of the western Mountains of the Moon, 

 at a small distance from what he considers as the real sources of 

 the Nile. Hereabout he fixes the empire of Droglodo, unknown 

 at present, but far more civilized than the circumjacent regions. 

 The politics of the government, according to M. d'EtourviJlcj 

 bear a strong resemblance to the Chinese, and the civilization of . 

 the Droglodians must be traced to a very remote source. The 

 merchants of Droglodo go, once a year, authorized by their go- 

 vernment, to meet the Alivssinian merchants in a narrow passage 

 of the mountain Narcar. They convey thither gold dust, musk, 

 pearls, precious stones, ivory, gums, and Ethiopian slaves, in 

 exchange for which they receive shawls, Indian stuffs, Turkey 

 carpets, and salt. 



In this country M, d'EtourvIlle remained about ten years; and 

 though in a state of slavery, he had many opportunities of no- 

 ticing the manners of the people and their antiquities. His dif- 

 ferent observations have led him to conclude that the Abyssinians, 

 the Nubians, and the ancient Egyptians, who built the pyramids 

 were all originally from Droglodo, which he conceives to have 

 been the country inhabited in ancient times by the Troglodites. 



M. d'Etourville returned to France about the time of the re- 

 estahlishment of the Bourbons; but set out again, in 1814 to 

 realize and secure some goods and property in Africa, whence he 

 is expected shortly to return, and when the full account of 

 his travels may be expected in the Journal of New Voyages and 

 Travels. - — 



NEW VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. 



Advices from St. Petersburgh, dated March 22, state that a 

 new voyage of discovery will be undertaken this summer in the 

 North. The expedition will sail from the mouth of the Lena for 

 the Frozen Ocean, in order to examine the coast of Siberia and 

 the islands which were discovered to the north of it some years 

 ago. As it is not yet ascertained whether these supposed islands 

 may in reality be one main land or not, and as hitherto thev have 

 only been visited in winter, it will be interesting tokiiuw how far 

 the ice will permit vessels to advance during summer, and to de- 

 termine its extent. 



ANCrF.NT NAVIGATION. 



A discovery was recently made in the environs of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, which is iiighly iutorcstiiig to history. While digging 

 a cave, the workmen found the hull of an ancient vessel cia;struct- 



