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MR HORNEMAn's TRAVELS. 
was gone to Gondasch, with the view of thence pro- 
ceeding to the coast and returning to Europe. It 
was elsewhere stated, that the merchant had come 
from Buran. Neither Gondasch nor Buran had 
ever been heard of in Europe ; but the cities of 
the interior are too little known to make this a sub- 
ject of wonder ; nor is it easy to say, in passing 
through so many hands, what transformation the 
sounds of an unknown language may undergo. In 
the Report of June 1, 1805, Sir William Young 
states, that Mr M'Donogh, long consul at Tripoli, 
had mentioned to himself" having, while at Tripoli, 
" received accounts from a very respectable Moorish 
" merchant, that Jussuph, or Horneman, had been 
44 well at Cas'na about the month of June 1803, and 
* 1 that he was there highly respected as a Marabout 
" or Musulman saint." No other precise information 
was ever obtained respecting this traveller ; though, 
on the 28th May 1808, the committee report, that 
they are " not without some gleam of hope, found- 
44 ed on some uncertain reports, that he may still 
44 be in safety and, on the 27th May 1809, 
add, " Some few circumstances relating to your 
44 traveller, Mr Horneman, have been laid before 
44 your committee, but of so vague and uncertain a 
u nature, as to afford no great hope of a successful 
44 termination of his important undertaking, but at 
44 the same time, not so absolutely unfavourable as 
4< \o extinguish every hope of his return to his friends 
