CHAPTER VIII. 
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE AFRICAN ASSOCIA- 
TION^ 
Iiomeman.—His Departure from Cairo, — Journey through 
the Desert. — Shvah. — Remains of Amnion* — Augila. — Fez- 
zan. — The Tibbo and Tuarick. — Interior of Africa. — • 
Nicholls. — Roentgen, — 7/Hagi Mahommed. — Jackson. 
Freidric Horneman, the son of a deceased 
Clergyman, was educated at Gdttingen, where he 
studied divinity. In the summer of 179<5, he re- 
quested Dr Blumenbach, Professor of Natural His- 
tory in that University, to recommend him to the 
African Association in London * 9 informing him, 
that it had long been his most sanguine desire to 
explore the interior of Africa ; that he had con- 
sulted every authentic source of information on 
the subject, and directed his studies to this object. 
From the replies which he gave to various objec- 
tions stated by the professor, in order to discover 
if this resolution was the consequence of mature 
deliberation, and from the result of the private in- 
quiries instituted with respect to his character, Dr 
Blumenbach was induced to comply with this de- 
sire. In his letter to Sir Joseph Banks, he in- 
