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TEAVELS IN CENTEAL AFEICA. 
^‘Dr. a. peteemann, 
“ Redaction der Mittliellungen^ 
“ Gotha. “ Octoher, 1866. 
dear Sir^ 
In obedience to the instrnetions of Her Majesty 
Government^ dated September 24tb_, 1857^ I ofFered_, through the 
Governors of the Provinces of Khartoum and Kordofan^ a reward 
of one hundred dollars (Maria Theresa) for a letter from the lost 
traveller^ Dr. Vogel; and^ if detained a prisoner^ one thousand 
dollars for his ransom. From various sources I obtained what I 
considered trustworthy information of his death, and for which I 
was honoured with the approval of Lord Clarendon, tier Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, dated February 25th, 1858. 
But, in the latter end of 1863, my having learned that some 
fresh doubts had arisen with regard to the fate of Dr. Vogel, I 
determined, upon my own responsibility, to attempt an indisputable 
solution of the question. With this view, on December 18tb, 1863 
(corresponding to Begeb, 1280, of the Hsegira), I dispatched a 
messenger, per dromedary, from Khartoum to Tendelti, the resi- 
dence of the Sultan of Darfour. He had charge of different kinds 
of presents, and a letter to Sultan Mahommed il Hussein, requesting 
permission for my wife and self to traverse his country, for the 
purpose of proceeding to the Sultan of Wadai, in order to ascertain 
the fate of ^^my brother” Abd il Wahad. 
On the following 14th of May, 1864, Hadji Dries and two 
companions sought and obtained my hospitality during their 
sojourn at Khartoum. They were on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and 
the eldest of them, Hadji Dries, had already performed six pilgrim- 
ages, and being now advanced in years, if he lived to accomplish 
this his seventh duty, he purposed to devote the remainder of his 
