ABSTRACT
Mr. Frederick Horneman's Journal of his Travels from Cairo to Fezzan commences five days after the date of the letter. It was by him written in German, and in that language transmitted to the Committee of the African Society. Under their direction, a translation of it was made by a native of Germany, sufficiently versed in the English language, to render the sense of the original with truth and perspicuity; and, on collating his version, it appears to have been executed with fidelity and care. F. Horneman pursued the requisite studies for several months with great assiduity, under the tuition of Professors Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, A. H. L. Heeren, F. G. Hoffman, Tyschen, and Heyne; and in May, 1797, returned to England, properly instructed for his intended voyage. He was then introduced to a general meeting of the Society, when his engagement was approved of, and he was directed to proceed to Egypt with all convenient dispatch.
