418 MR horneman's travels. 
where he was introduced to some of the most emi- 
nent literary characters of the National Institute, 
who received him with great attention, and zeal- 
ously promoted his views. From Paris, Mr Horne- 
man proceeded to Marseilles, where he embarked 
in a Cyprus trader, and, after a voyage of twenty 
days, arrived, on August 31st, at Lernica in Cyprus. 
From Lernica he passed to the bay of Caroube, 
where he arrived on September 10th. At Alex- 
andria, he resided ten days in the house of the 
English consul, the greater part of which was em- 
ployed in mineralogical researches in its vicinity. 
In one of the convents, he met, by uncommon 
good fortune, an aged monk, a native of Germany, 
who spoke Arabic more fluently than his native 
language, and who was going immediately to Cairo, 
where he intended to reside for some months. In 
company with this friendly monk, he proceeded to 
Cairo to wait for the departure of the Cassina ca- 
ravan, and arrived on September S7th. He spent 
some months in acquiring the language of the 
Mograbins, or Western Arabs, and was then de- 
tained some time longer, by the breaking out of 
the plague. Lastly, when he was on the point of 
departing, news arrived that the French, under 
Buonaparte, had landed at Alexandria. All Eu- 
ropeans were then seized and confined in the cas- 
tle, chiefly to save them from the fury of the po- 
pulace. They continued there till the arrival of 
