The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-10 00:00:00

O 1 AFRICA:

I' We sotne tinie since mentioned that a Gertriart;
of the name of Roentgen; had been-making pre-
parations to prosecute the same objects of disco-
-very ,that exerted the _ardour of -the celebrated
though imfortunate ,Park; and, penetrating into
the central regions'of Africa, to reach, if possible,
the city. of .Tombuctoo, which has never, yet been
explored by any European traveller: The follow.:.
~.„ ,
ing article _on this, subject has appeared in a Ger-;
man Journal of the Sth of October
"_ There has been lately published at Neuwied.;
an interesting letter froth the traveller Roentgen
to his brother It reaChedhim througl,!,Professor
Hagen, Who received it 'froth M4'.: N4ngmann, of
.Londoh, -',Roentgen, it appearS, after visiting
Paris, Vienna, •and London, bad repaired to Mo-
gadore,. where he resided a'• tonside-rable-time ;
and the letter in.questiOn, dated the 'ink- of July,
1811, was written on the bank of: the river Teu-
sifft, at the moment' 'of hiS departure for the inr
terior of Africa. The "following is..sonie of the
most interesting.information it contains
".During- my residence at Mogadore, I was
engaged day and night in studying Arabic, and I
have succeeded in making myself be; under food
by the-natives of the country. I will ava:l myself
of that knowledge-of the country, and of the man-
nel*of the peoplell Whiali I have aCquired, in or-
der to travel directly to.Tombuctoo. 1 Would not
act with so much' boldneSS, were I not convinced
that PrOvideiice-h IS-destined me
_to make the dis-
covery of the interior of Africa. Ms, 'good stars
have furnished MeArith as companion in my tra-
vels, than whom :;.1 .could net, have ,wished for a
better. He is a German, who, When only twelVe
years. old, -quitted', his paternal 'roof, havingan
irresistible inclination for
,roaming; he has never
Since lived Months' On. the same spot, a'.1(1?;
-nOW 38 years of age: lie knOWs all the lie..-„dlieari
languages,—the excepted: Fourteen
years ago, when destitute of tholie---y or protec -
don, he was impressed by fora Sian,
in an i,slandl "th 6 Atr-ditcrranean, Where he hap-.
pened to be; he wat inhfirnanly treated by:them,
and reduced alraOst to despair. llis shipnnah'ored •
before TetUtr.i- ..fdt the' purpOse of Watering;
and theae striae'.' an English Offi der, whei
had ::used. hill.' ill, in ordei' to avoid
pitpinmisinnent4
.
lie". escaped, 'and heeathe MassulinatiTe-:
tuath- Since then, he' has 'traversed the garbary
-States in all directions, and li,is-late!y returnee).
from a pilgriniage-tO Mecca. 'He, has lived at-,
Jamba, in Afried; as a coffeeLhiiirse-keeper, and .
atJanoi as a physician.--ACC.onstantinopre he has
superintended the garden's of a Paella. got ac-
quainted with 'him-at a -Merchant's is Mogadore)
who had hired him -as a garclene'r:' have' taken
him into my serVite,-itrid I "treat .liin-Cra-ther as a
friend than' as a domestic ; the benefirs;‘;4ll.clik
shall .derive from his experience- are immense.
About a mottth ag6:l, travelled avithacaraysna
of merchants to Morocc6„Whetek'proeured valu
able information respecting thecthinpnnications
with the interior of Africa.:
It is impossible`to convey an idea of the vio-
lent hatred which animates the Moors against 'the
Christians. Even at Mogadore,'l could"" hardly.
,go abroad without being overwhelinecr with in-
sults. I was obliged; in order to View the city_
of Morocco, to get an escort of four 'soldiers,
who; by orders of, the Government, were to keep
back thepopuiAce. Even then I was ()lien 3S-'
Sallea' by stones,"one of which hit mesosevere a.
blow on the forehead, that for some time I
thought myself dangerously wounded.
" I saw at Morocco preparationS for the setting
but Of chravan, which was to reach TombuctOo
by Tafilet and Tunt. I immediately formed a
resolution to join this caravan,, and returned to
Mogadore. My companion was delighted with
the plan, which 1 did not communicate to any' one
else but to one Christiai. I caused it to be re-
ported at Mogadore, that disgusted with
,the bad
treatment] had received at MOrocco, I meant to
repair to Tangiers, and from 'thence embark for
Gibraltar; This pretended project furnished me
with a pretext for purchasing a mule, and every
other 'necessary for niy journey. I secretly pro-
cured' some Moorish garments. 'having finished.
niy preparations, I invited soiree Christians iit
Aio--;adore to a party of pleaSttre on a mountain
about :English. Miles off, 'whither they were
often in the habit .of going. I haVe there-spent.
'one-day with them, and declared that I meant to
'proceed directly for Tangier. They will aecOm-
pany me to a certainAistanee, and will give oat
at Mogadore that I am on My way to Tangier.
As soon 'as I am left alone with 'my -fellow
traveller, I mean to clothe myself in III) Moorish
garb,: and to.enter the great road which leads frOm
Tafilet to Moroteo; Dann thence I shall reach
Deminit, a town sittiated at thefoot of Mount
Atlas; Where I shall be safe frOrn any searches
which the Governor of Mogadore might Make,
should he learn that I not gone to Tangier.
At_Derninit, 'I Shall: jaia a caravan, which will
pass there about that time, and With it I Shall
cross. Mount Atlas, covered with snow, and neat
enter- the --Miming plains of Tafilet. 1 shall re-
Main "at Tafilet with a German reaegado":—there
are in that city a number'OfGermans. There are
sonic Germans in Morocco, and to one of them.'
am.* indebted for -some; valuable information, • I
expect'-to find a German in Tornbuctoo, and there
I Mean to remain six. Months; making it the cen-.
tre of my observations on the interior of AfriCa.—
I shall pass fora Physician ; I have laid in a sup-
ply of medicines, of Which 1 know the applica7
don. It, is my wish to penetrate towards time
South, and to be able to_ be reach Wesemb, or the.
Cape. Should I find this-too-difficult, I Mean to'
return to Europe, to publish the Journal of my
travels, and shall-again return' b Africa, where I
am' destined to Make sonic diseoveries."

General Carrier, and some,-other French offi-
Cers; arrived iii this city on Saturday,. from Ply-
mouth; on their route to Bridgenorth, where they
are to remain on their parole of honour. He is
a Qeneral of Cavalry, and vas made prison-
er in a skirmish with the 14th Dragoons, four
days before the battle of Salamanca. The other
officers were taken at Madrid.—Gloucester
•
rald.