A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, In the Years 1818, 19, And 20

Abstract

IN the month of September, 1818, Mr. Ritchie, a gentleman of great science and ability, employed by the British government on a mission to the interior of Africa, arrived at Malta from Marseilles, attended by M. Dupont, a Frenchman in his pay, whom he had engaged for the purpose of collecting and preparing objects of natural history. It was understood that Captain Marryat, of the Royal Navy, was also to have accompanied Mr. Ritchie; but that Circumstances had occurred which induced that gentleman to re-linquish his intention of joining the mission