THE =JOURNAL= OF =FREDERICK HORNEMAN’S TRAVELS,= FROM =CAIRO TO MOURZOUK,= THE CAPITAL OF THE KINGDOM OF FEZZAN, =IN AFRICA.= IN THE YEARS 1797-8. LONDON: * * * * * PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW, ST. JAMES’S; FOR G. AND W. NICOL, BOOKSELLEES TO HIS MAJESTY, PALL-MALL. 1802. =TABLE OF CONTENTS.= * * * * * _INTRODUCTION_ page i _Preface, containing some Account of F. Horneman; of the Preparations for his Voyage; and of Events previous to his leaving Cairo_ xvii CHAPTER I. SECTION I.—_To Ummesogeir_ 1 SECTION II.—_Observations on the Desert; passing from the Valley of Natron to the Mountains of Ummesogeir_ 8 SECTION III.—_Ummesogeir, and further Journey to Siwah_ 11 SECTION IV.—_Siwah_ 14 SECTION V.—_Antiquities of Siwah_ 20 SECTION VI.—_Departure from Siwah; Journey to Schiacha; and Danger which the Traveller there incurred_ 29 SECTION VII.—_Departure from Schiacha; Arrival at Augila_ 36 CHAPTER II. SECTION I.—_Augila, and further Progress to the Confines of Temissa_ 40 SECTION II.—_Observations on the Region of the Harutsch_ 48 SECTION III.—_Arrival at Temissa, and further Journey_ 53 SECTION IV.—_Of Zuila_ 56 SECTION V.—_Farther Journey, and Arrival at Mourzouk, the Capital of the Kingdom of Fezzan_ 59 CHAPTER III. _Some Account of Mourzouk, and of the Kingdom of Fezzan_ 62 APPENDIX. No. I. _Observations on F. Horneman’s Description of the Country and Antiquities of Siwah; with Reference to ancient Accounts of the Oasis and Temple of Ammon. By Sir William Young, Bart. F. R. S._ 75 No. II. _Some Account of F. Horneman, after his Arrival at Mourzouk_ 97 No. III.