222 EMBARKATION AT TANGIER. 
M. Delaporte neglected nothing that could contribute to 
the re-establishment of my impaired health, and the whole- 
some nourishment he gave me effected a decided improve- 
ment ; but I was still frequently attacked by paroxysms of 
fever which kept me in a state of extreme weakness. During 
my abode m the consulate I was occupied in arranging my 
notes. 
Besides the frequent and agreeable visits of the Vice-Con- 
sul, I received also those of a Jew domestic to whom the 
secret of my seclusion was confided : this man, though a 
Frenchman, was thoroughly imbued with the principles of 
his race and had no ideas but for the advancement of his in- 
terests. He undoubtedly believed that my views were the 
same, and advised me to carry the fruits of my travels to En- 
gland; representing to me that this nation had offered 
a reward of twenty-five thousand pounds sterhng for the ac- 
complishment of the journey to Timbuctoo. Instead of 
listening to so contemptible a proposition, I replied, that I 
was a Frenchman, and added The recompence to be 
derived from the French government would undoubtedly be 
less considerable ; but I should not hesitate a single moment 
to offer to my native country and my king the homage of my 
modest labours." 
The excellent M. Delaporte wrote very pressingly to the 
commander of the French station off Cadiz, describing in 
lively colours the dangers to which I was exposed by a longer 
residence in this place. The commander, determined by his 
solicitations, sent one of the king's sloops to Tangier to con- 
vey me to Toulon. 
On the 27th of September 1828, a little before sunset, a 
sailor's dress was sent me as a more convenient disguise. A 
Moor inquired who I was, saying that he had not seen me 
disembark with the others; the .Jew, who attended me, 
answered that I was a Frenchman from Tetuan, returning to 
France, and the Moor made no farther remark. I embarked 
