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THE AFRICAN ASSOCIATION. 
some time in Italy, received Mr Lucas with much 
poHteness, but found it impossible to assist him in 
prosecuting his journey, as camels could not be 
hired from the rebel tribes of Arabs. After some 
attempts to procure these, which were always un- 
successful, the Shereef Fouwad retired to Wadan, 
his native town, and the Shereef Imhammed, to 
his friends among the mountains, to wait till their 
journey should be practicable ; while Mr Lucas 
returned about the end of March to Tripoli, and 
proceeded by Malta and Marseilles to England, 
where he arrived on July the ^6th. During the 
time, however, that he remained at Mesurata, Mr 
Lucas, suspecting that his journey would be im- 
practicable, employed himself in procuring from 
the Shereef Imhammed, an account of Fezzan and 
of the countries beyond it towards the south, 
which he had visited as a. factor in the slave 
trade. He roused the Shereef's curiosity, by dis- 
playing a map of Africa, as a present which he 
intended for the king of Fezzan, and requested 
his assistance to render it more correct. This 
proposal, which gratified the vanity, as well as 
the curiosity, of the Shereef, was seconded by the 
promise of a copy for his own use, and Mr Lucas 
obtained from him all the information he required. 
The memorandums which he procured in this 
manner were read to the governor of Mesurata, 
who had formerly travelled to Fezzan, and who 
