CAILLIE AND HIS TRAVELS. 481 
April 1827, that he repaired to Kakoiidy upon the Rio- 
Nunez ; where he joined a caravan of Mandingo mer- 
chants. This situation is the more deserving of notice, as 
before his embarkation he had undergone a serious iUness 
which detained him five months to the south of Jenne. The 
total length of his route is from twelve to fourteen hundred 
leagues, a thousand of them through regions nearly un- 
known. 
Such is the substance of the letters we have just 
received from the traveller. The reception he ex- 
perienced from the Vice-Consul, a gentleman well vers- 
ed in the languages and relations of Northern Africa, 
has determined that of the Geographical Society, which 
has hastened to present him with marks of encourage- 
ment. 
We hope, Monseigneur, that this news will interest 
Your Excellency, that you will honour this traveller with 
marks of your approbation, and that you will recommend 
him to the Minister of the Marine, that he may obtain 
from him the assistance of which he stands in need to fa- 
cilitate his journey to Paris, All his resources have been 
exhausted in a laborious journey of sixteen months. He 
is the first European, who, after having penetrated into 
this part of central Africa, has returned in health and safe- 
ty. The Geographical Society lakes credit to itself for 
having directed the attention of travellers of all countries 
to the interior of this continent ; but it rejoices to find 
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