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 Eventsprevious to his leaving Cairo[xvii]
CHAPTER I.
Section I.—ToUmmesogeir[1]
SectionII.—Observations on the Desert; passing from the Valley ofNatron to the Mountains of Ummesogeir[8]
SectionIII.—Ummesogeir, and further Journey to Siwah[11]
SectionIV.—Siwah[14]
SectionV.—Antiquities of Siwah[20]
SectionVI.—Departure from Siwah; Journey to Schiacha; and Danger whichthe Traveller there incurred[29]
SectionVII.—Departure from Schiacha; Arrival at Augila[36]
CHAPTER II.
SectionI.—Augila, and further Progress to the Confines ofTemissa[40]
SectionII.—Observations on the Region of the Harutsch[48]
SectionIII.—Arrival at Temissa, and further Journey[53]
Section IV.—OfZuila[56]
SectionV.—Farther Journey, and Arrival at Mourzouk, the Capital of theKingdom of Fezzan[59]
CHAPTER III.
Some Account of Mourzouk, and of theKingdom of Fezzan[62]
APPENDIX.
No. I.
Observations on F. Horneman’s Descriptionof the Country and Antiquities of Siwah; with Reference to ancientAccounts of the Oasis and Temple of Ammon. By Sir William Young,Bart. F. R. S.[75]
No. II.
Some Account of F. Horneman, after hisArrival at Mourzouk[97]
No. III.
A Memoir, containing various Informationsrespecting the Interior of Africa; transmitted from Mourzouk in1799, by F. Horneman[105]
No. IV.
Geographical Illustrations of the Travelsand Informations of F. Horneman, with Maps; by Major James Rennell,F. R. S.[121]
No. V.
Observations on the Language of Siwah; ina Letter to the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Banks; by William Marsden, Esq.F. R. S.[189]
No. VI.
List of the Members of the Society,instituted for the Purpose of promoting a Discovery of the InteriorParts of Africa[193]
The Route of Mr. Frederick Hornemann, from Ægypt to Fezzan; with the Coasts & Countries adjacent, Compiled by J. Rennell, 1802.facing page[1]
A Map, shewing the Progress of DISCOVERY & IMPROVEMENT, in the Geography of North Africa: Compiled by J. Rennell, 1798. Corrected in 1802. [158]