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General Minu's Re 
and General Roze fell. The situation 
was very advantageous for the French, 
and my opinion is, that had the latter 
general been properly seconded he 
would have been victorious. Both ar¬ 
mies were entrenched ; a circumstance 
not noticed in the plan which General 
Wilson has given of the battle. 
After the remains of ancient baths, 
and a multitude of superb columns of 
granite, some overthrown, some up¬ 
right, either on the road to Canopus, 
or within what is called the Mooi’s 
city, I have observed nothing remark- 
able in point of antiquities. Pompev s 
pillar, and the two obelisks that go by 
the name of Cleopatra, are too well 
known to require description. As to 
the first, I shall only remark that it 
was dedicated to the Emperor Diocle¬ 
tian ; a fact ascertained bv the re- 
searches of Capt. Dimdas, and Lieut. 
Desada. 
M. Limann, the architect, not hav¬ 
ing yet arrived, I mean to spend some 
days at Cairo, in company with Dr. 
Scholz, our linguist, there to establish 
a depot. In the mean time, Drs. Heoi- 
prich and Ehrenberg, our naturalists, 
will examine the lake Moeris and its 
environs ; eight camels, with their con¬ 
ductors, are at our command for this 
purpose, by orders from the pasha. 
After my return from Cairo, I intend 
to set out. on my first excursion to 
Cyrene and the Oasis of Jupiter Am¬ 
mon. Fortunately for us, Mehemet 
Aly has installed the present Pasha of 
Derna, and has married his sister. I 
am informed by M. Drovetti, lately 
returned from an expedition to the 
temple of Jupiter Ammon, that few 
traces of it are visible, but there are 
certain subterranean constructions 
wherein I intend to make researches. 
To the notices already given respect¬ 
ing the Prussian voyager, General M. 
de Minutoli, in Africa, the following- 
may he added as supplementary. 
On his arrival in Fgypt, in company 
with other scientific characters, the 
General planned the route it was in¬ 
tended to pursue. To set out from 
Alexandria,proceed to Derna and Ben¬ 
gasi, in order to examine the nuns of 
Cyrene, totally neglected during fifteen 
centuries ; to traverse, on their return, 
the desart of Libya, passing by Argila, 
Siwali, and the Oasis of Jupiter Am¬ 
mon ; to arrive at Cairo about the new 
year, and ascend the Nile early in the 
spring. The preparations for this ex- 
<earehes in Egyp i. [Nov. 1 . 
cursion took up nearly a month. Me- 
h a mined Ali, the Pasha of Alexandria, 
supplied the company with passports, 
and with letters of recommendation 
to the Bey of Derna; he granted them 
also an escort of Bedouin Arabs. 
Tins caravan, consisting of ten Chris¬ 
tians, two interpreters, three Arab do¬ 
mestics, thirty Bedouins commanded 
by the Shiek Endane, and forty-one 
camels, set out Oct. 4, 1820, and on 
the second day arrived at Ahouser. 
In this part of their journey, the 
country was fiat, partly sandy, hut co¬ 
vered with pebbles, and though desti¬ 
tute of trees, well stored with shrubs, 
in general odoriferous. Here they re¬ 
mained till the XOth, to allow time for 
the recreation and recovery of Professor 
Liman, who was indisposed. On con¬ 
tinuing their journey, they had to ex¬ 
perience one of the severest of privations, 
the want of water. On the 16th, the 
company celebrated, the anniversary of 
the PrinceRoyal of Prussia’s birth-day; 
they had then arrived at the well of 
Bir-el-Boubba, where they found plenty 
of good water. As they drew nearer to 
the coast, the water was observed to 
improve, On the 19rh, messengers 
were dispatched to the Bey of Derna, 
to obtain permission to enter the Tri¬ 
politan territory. 
Ou the 22d, the caravan arrived at 
the well Bir-el-Gaour: here the general 
declared his intention of not advancing 
further, as no answer had come from 
the Bey, as there was no very safe de- 
pendance on the escort, and from these 
slow journeys occasioning a great loss 
of time. He allowed his companions, 
however, either to return with him, or 
to continue their journeys, if so inclined. 
They mostly determined to proceed, 
and the general, after consigning to 
them the letters of recommendation, 
turned back on the 25th, attended by 
Lieut. Groket, with the Shiek Kandani, 
and a part of the escort. At the end 
of six days he reached Siwali, where 
he remained the greater part of a week, 
returning to Alexandria about the end 
of November. 
After the separation, the other party 
had in company seven Christians and 
eighteen Arabs, with thirty camels. 
They soon arrived at Aouelierim on the 
Tripolitan frontier, waiting there im¬ 
patiently six days for the answer of the 
Bey. The formidable wind Khamsin 
and tile excessive drought, obliged 
them on the 6th of November, to push 
forward 
