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Have the goodness to present him to the President 
of the Society^ to recommend him to all its members, and to 
pay him the attention which he deserves. 
I embrace you with all my heart and subscribe myself 
with affection, esteem, and consideration, &c. 
Sigiied Delaporte. 
Extract of a Letter from M. Delaporte to M. Jomard, 
Tangier, October 3rd, 1828. 
I have introduced to you the French traveller 
Caillie, who has crossed the burning deserts of Africa, 
and there contracted the scurvy, which has eaten into the 
bones of his palate. If God, who has been his protector 
as far as Tangier, should preserve his health, he will reach 
you two or three months' hence. Instead of confused 
itineraries, put together from hearsay, and taken by stealth, 
such as those which for several years past I have furnished, 
he will present himself to you with authentic labours, with 
documents, and materials taken on the spot, of which he 
will request you to superintend the compilation. Do not 
refuse your assistance. 
This traveller has deserved the prize for the journey 
to Timbuctoo by the route of Senegal, because he set out 
from St. Louis to reach Tangier ; he is also entitled to that 
for the most important discovery in geography, as he will 
prove by his work : they cannot be refused to him. 
Signed Delaporte. 
