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Haj Hasan, a man belonging to the family of El Ka- 
nemi, and in whose company Mr. Vogel afterwards tra- 
velled from Fezzan to Bornu, and Mohammed Titiwi. 
On the second of May, therefore, I went to pay a visit 
to these men, but found only Titiwi, to whom I recom- 
mended my servant. He promised to render him all 
needful assistance. I had but little intercourse with 
this man, yet this little occurred on important occa- 
sions, and so his name has become a pleasant remem- 
brance to me. I first met him when sending off the 
literary remains of my unfortunate companion. I at 
the same time ventured to introduce myself to her Ma- 
jesty's Government, and to try if it would so far rely 
upon me, a foreigner, as to intrust me with the further 
direction of the expedition, and to ask for means ; it 
was then Titiwi again who brought me the most 
honourable despatches from the British Government, 
authorizing me to carry out the expedition just as it 
had been intended, and at the same time means for 
doing so. It was Titiwi, who, on the day when I 
was leaving Kiikawa on my long adventurous journey 
to Timbuktu, came to my house to wish me success 
in my arduous undertaking ; and it was Titiwi again, 
who, on the second of August, 1855, came to the 
consul's house, in Tripoli, to congratulate me on my 
successful return from the interior. 
He was an intelligent man, and being informed 
that I was about to undertake a journey to Adamawa, 
the dangers of which he well knew, he expressed his 
astonishment that I should make the attempt with a 
