Complex sentence: Denham eventually left Tripoli on 5 March with an escort of 210 mounted Arab tribesmen, reaching Murzuk only to find his two compatriots in a wretched condition, Clapperton ill of an ague, and Oudney with a severe cold.
Split into simpler sentences: Denham eventually left Tripoli on 5 March with an escort of 210 mounted Arab tribesmen. Denham reached Murzuk only to find his two compatriots in a wretched condition, Clapperton ill of an ague, and Oudney with a severe cold.