446 horneman's travels. 
" some gleam of hope, founded on some uncer- 
" tain reports, that he may still be in safety;" 
and, on the 27th May 1809, add, " Some few 
" circumstances relating to your traveller, Mr 
" Horneman, have been laid before your commit- 
" tee, but of so vague and uncertain a nature, as 
to afford no great hope of a successful termina- 
" tion of his important undertaking, but at the 
" same time, not so absolutely unfavourable as to 
" extinguish every hope of his return to his friends 
" and to his country." After the lapse of many 
years, however, some more precise information 
has, it appears, been obtained from the Bashaw of 
Tripoli, by the British consul there resident. In 
conversation on the subject of exploring Africa, 
the prince stated, that, fifteen or sixteen years 
ago, his protection was granted to two English- 
men, who had undertaken to penetrate into the 
interior of that continent. He did not at first 
recollect their names, but on being asked if one 
of them might not be Horneman, his minister, 
Mourad Reis, replied in the affirmative. The 
Bashaw then stated, that one of them had died at 
Ancalas of a fever, occasioned by drinking bad 
water after fatigue. The other fell ill at Houssor, 
(Houssa), at the house of a Tripolitan merchant 
established there, and, resuming his travels before 
he was perfectly recovered, relapsed, and died at 
Tombuctoo. His Highness undertook to inquire 
