I 
CHAPTER VIIL 
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE AFRICAN 
ASSOCIATION. 
Horneman. — His departure from Cairo* — Journey through the 
Desert, — Siwah, — Remains of Ammon.—Augila. — Fezzan,— 
The Tibbo and Tuarick. — Interior of Africa, — Nicholls, — 
Roentgen, — Bu7xkkardt.—L' Hagi Mahommed, — Jackson, 
Freidric Horneman, the son of a deceased 
clergyman, was educated at Gottingen, where he 
studied divinity. In the summer of 1795 he re- 
quested Dr Blumenbach, Professor of Natural 
History in that University, to recommend him to 
the African Association in London ^ informing 
him, that it had long been his most sanguine de- 
sire to explore the interior of Africa ; that he 
had consulted every authentic source of informa- 
tion on the subject, and directed his studies to 
this object. From the replies which he gave to 
various objections stated by the professor, in or- 
der to discover if this resolution was the conse- 
quence of mature deliberation, and from the re- 
sult of the private inquiries instituted with respect 
to his character, Dr Biumenbach was induced to 
comply with his desire. In his letter to Sir Joseph 
