476 CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING 
ingenuousness and frankness of the honest traveller of the 
olden time who has given us so much interesting informa- 
tion concerning India ; if he is not the Amedee Jaubert of 
Asia, he vt^ill be the Marco-Polo of Africa ; and he vrill 
have had the merit of achieving, at his own expense and 
without assistance^ what others have been unable to effect 
with ample treasures. 
After his quarantine, he will repair to Paris, where 
he proposes to request the assistance of the Chevalier Jo- 
mard, vice-president of the Central Committee, of the So- 
ciety, in editing the rich materials in which alone 
his fortune consists. To bespeak. Sir, your interest in 
favor of this traveller, is to recommend him to all the 
members of the Geographical Society, to which I have the 
honour to belong. 
1 am, &c. 
Sis!:7ied Delaporte. 
Letter from M. Jomard to M. Cailli^. 
Paris, 18th October, 1828. 
Sir, 
I have received, with all the interest it deserves, the 
letter which you have addressed to me respecting your 
Travels in the interior of Africa. You have justly thought 
that no one could be more deeply concerned than myself 
in the success of your journey, and I have not lost a 
moment in communicating to the Geographical Society 
the contents of your letters and those of M. Delaporte. 
