the United States at Tangier: I made a chart, on which I
traced his course; and observed that it extended eastward
nearly to the supposed situation of Timbuctoo.: I also took
down, in writing an account of his travels, which I regret
that I left amongst my papers at Mogadore r and although
in doing this I had occasion to make him repeat his story
several times', I never found that he differed in any important
particular from the tale he told at first.
“ The Narrative which you have transmitted to me.
appears, after a minute examination, and to the best of my
recollection, to be the same, in substance, as that which I
received from him at Mogadore. The chain of events is
uniformly the same; but I think he entered more into
detail on many points, in the relation which he gave to me.
I do not enlarge upon this, subject here, having pointed
out in the Notes which I have made on the Narrative, the
few passages in which I found it .differ materially from
what I recollect of his statements 'aL Mogadore. I have
also mentioned such circumstances as corroborated any
part of his statements; and I have added, according to
your desire, such illustrations or incidental information, as
occurred to me in perusing the Narrative; "
“ Being quite satisfied from your description of the
person of the American seaman, and from the internal
evidence of the Narrative, that “ Robert Adams" is the
identical individual who was with me at Mogadore, I must
not, however, omit to inform you, that the name by which
he went in Africa was Benjamin Rose; by which name
also he was known to those of the crew of the Charles
who were ransomed.
“ I cannot say that l am much surprised at this circumstance,
because I recollect that he once hinted during his
residence at Mogadore that “ Benjamin Rose” was not his
real name: and from the great apprehensions which he
always discovered, lest he should. fall in with, or be impressed
by a British Man of War, as well as from the
anxiety which he shewed on being sent to Tangier, so near
to Gibraltar, I could not help suspecting that he might
have some reasons of his own, connected with the British
Naval service, for going under a feigned name. This
conjecture was in some degree confirmed by an acknowledgement
which he made, that he had once been on board
a British Man of War, either on service, or detained as a
prisoner.
“ There is another circumstance which he mentioned to
me at Mogadore, which may possibly have led to this
change of name. He told me that he had quitted America
to avoid a prosecution with which he was threatened for