ROENTGEN BURCKHARDT. 451 
one who was entirely unknown at Mogadore, he 
took this person into his service, and engaged him 
as the companion of his travels. Finding himself 
to have become an object of some jealousy to the 
government, he was induced to hasten his depar- 
ture even before attaining a sufficient knowledge 
of Arabic. He took the opportunity of a party 
of pleasure made into the country by the Euro- 
pean residents, of whom only one gentleman was 
apprized of his intention, till the moment when he 
abruptly took leave of them to proceed on his 
perilous expedition. The gentleman to whom he 
had confided his purpose rode along with him to 
the banks of the Tensift, where they met the 
Hadje, and parted at two in the morning. The 
dead body of Roentgen was afterwards found near 
this place, and there is reason to suspect he was 
murdered this very night. The particulars could 
never be ascertained, but the main weight of sus- 
picion fell on the renegado, to whom 7OO dollars 
in gold, which were in the possession of Roentgen, 
formed but too ample a temptation. 
About the same time with Roentgen, a Swiss 
gentleman of the name of Burckhardt came to 
London with an introduction to Sir Joseph Banks. 
He was found to be well born, of an upright and 
"unblemished character, and to possess strength 
of mind, a vigorous constitution, great ardour in 
the pursuit of knowledge, and a most anxious 
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