and guided his footsteps; and all who knew him unite in testifying that
he concealed beneath a pleasant, cheerful exterior, the character of a
Christian gentleman, and an ardent crusader against the worst form of
oppression which has ever been put in practice. The hope that the public
will unite in this opinion must certainly assist in consoling his widow
for the loss which she has sustained. Mrs. Richardson is alluded to in
the narrative throughout. It is necessary, therefore, to say, that that
lady remained in Tripoli until the news of her bereavement reached her,
and that she then returned to England to promote the erection of this
best monument to her husband's memory.

I have now only to add an account written by Dr. Barth (dated April 3,
1851) of the death of Mr. Richardson, in a letter addressed to Mr.
Crowe, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Tripoli. The German
traveller, as will be seen in the second volume of this work, had
separated from his English companions on the plains of Damerghou, and
proceeded to prosecute other researches, the results of which will be
looked for with great interest:--

"It was on the 25th of March," he says, "that I heard
accidentally from a Shereef, whom I met on the road, the sad
news that my companion had died, about twenty days before,
in a place called Ungurutua, six days' journey before
reaching Kuka, when I hurried on as fast as my horse would
allow in order to secure his papers and effects from being
lost or destroyed.

"I now shall send you a short account of Mr. Richardson's
death, as far as I was able to make out the circumstances
from his servant. Mr. Richardson is said to have left Zinder