CAILLlfi AND HIS TRAVELS. 4/1 
my return by the great desert. I passed through el-Ara- 
ouan ; after two months of the most painful privations, I 
arrived in the Tafilet, and continued my route by Fez and 
Rabat to Tangier, w^here M. Delaporte, the French Vice- 
Consul in that town, lavished upon me all the assistance of 
which I stood so much in need. I soon after embarked on 
board the king's schooner La Leghre^ which conveyed me 
to Toulon, where I now am, convalescent, and without 
means of support, having exhausted my all in a journey 
of sixteen months. 
I am, &c. 
Signed A. Caillie. 
Extract of a Letter from M. A. Cailij]^ to the President 
of the Geographical Society, 
Toulon, 10th October, 1828. 
Sir, 
1 had the good fortune, in 1824, to take a journey 
among the people who inhabit the smiling banks of the 
Senegal : from that period I projected an attempt to ex- 
plore central Africa, to visit the towns of Jennd and Tim- 
buctoo, in hopes if possible to surpass the English who 
had so far outstripped us in this career. Having been un- 
able to obtain a mission from the Government of the Sene- 
gal, I determined to part with all my resources, convinced 
that on my return, the services 1 might have rendered 
would be recognized by Government; I realized then the 
small means which I possessed, the fruits of economy, and 
made preparations for my departure. On the 19th of 
April, 1827, I quitted Kakondy upon the Rio- Nmlez, in 
