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and acquirements. To fortitude and ardour of 

 mind, lie joined a temper and prudence well calcu- 

 lated to ensure his triumph over every difficulty. 

 Though the exploration of Africa has been reserved 

 for other adventurers ; and though the great geo- 

 graphical problem of that continent has been solved 

 since his death, his memory will receive its due 

 reward of fame; for it cannot be doubted that he 

 will be held in honourable remembrance so long as 

 any credit is given to those who have fallen in the 

 cause of science. The journeys he made, and the 

 oral information he obtained relative to the regions 

 southward and westward of Egypt, were valuable 

 at the time, though now superseded by later and 

 more extended observations. With respect to Ara- 

 bia, his description of that country, of the manners 

 and customs of the people, of the horse, the camel, 

 and various other productions, is the most accurate 

 and complete that has ever been received in Eu- 

 rope. The discoveries he made in Syria and the 

 ancient Idumaea, have thrown a valuable light on 

 the early history and wanderings of the Israelites, 

 as well as greatly improved our knowledge of sacred 

 geography, by ascertaining many of the Hebrew 

 sites in the once populous but now deserted region 

 formerly known by the names of Edom, Moab, Am- 

 mon, and the country of the Amorites. 



After his death, his journals were published by 

 the Association, though not exactly in their chrono- 

 logical order. In 1819, appeared his Travels in 

 Nubia; in 1822, his Tours in Syria, the Holy 



