Have the goodness to present him to the President of the Society, to recommend him to all its members, and to pay him the attention which he deserves.
I embrace you with all my heart and subscribe myself with affection, esteem, and consideration, &c.
Signed Delaporte.
Extract of a Letter from M. Delaporte to M. Jomard.
Tangier, October 3rd, 1828.
I have introduced to you the French traveller Caillié, who has crossed the burning deserts of Africa, and there contracted the scurvy, which has eaten into the bones of his palate. If God, who has been his protector as far as Tangier, should preserve his health, he will reach you two or three months’ hence. Instead, of confused itineraries, put together from hearsay, and taken by stealth, such as those which for several years past I have furnished, he will present himself to you with authentic labours, with documents, and materials taken on the spot, of which he will request you to superintend the compilation. Do not refuse your assistance.
This traveller has deserved the prize for the journey to Timbuctoo by the route of Senegal, because he set out from St. Louis to reach Tangier; he is also entitled to that for the most important discovery in geography, as he will prove by his work: they cannot be refused to him.
Signed Delaporte.