REPORT ON CAILLIE'S TRAVELS. 45? 
Ben-Batouta cast away the pilgrim's staff, in the city of 
Fez; he afterwards continued his route with a guide, 
reached the sea, and on the 17 th of the same month, 
September, arrived at Tangier, where the Consul of France 
received him, provided for his safety, and succeeded in 
preserving him from the dangers which he would have in- 
curred, had he been recognized through his disguise. 
M. Caillie had provided himself, before his departure, 
with two compasses, which he used during his travels, 
and by their aid he was enabled to mark the directions of 
his route. However imperfect such a method may be, 
in comparison with geometrical operations and astronomi- 
cal observations, we must yet congratulate ourselves on 
having obtained a tracing of the route, and the informa- 
tion of an eye-witness respecting countries, of which we 
previously possessed only Arab itineraries, reckoned by 
days' journeys, and for the most part contradictory, 
vague, and confused. A further proof that he has cor- 
rectly noted the length of his journeys is, that they per- 
fectly correspond with those distances of places in the 
empire of Morocco which are the most accurately known. 
The success of M. Caillie's enterprize is the more 
worthy of interest for having been accomplished solely by 
his own resources, without either participation or assist- 
ance from any one. He sacrificed every thing he pos- 
sessed to supply his wants on these travels. He has 
achieved every thing possible, and more than could have 
