After remaining in this city about three months he returned to Mourzouk, nor was it till the 6th April, 1800, that he departed thence for the southward, in company with two shereefs, who had given him assurances of friendship and protection.

His letters were filled with the most sanguine hopes of success.

But the lapse of two years without any tidings, threw a damp on the cheering expectations then raised in the association and the public.

In September 1803, a Fezzan merchant informed Mr.Nissen, the Danish consul of Tripoli, that Yussuph, as Horneman had chosen to designate himself, was seen alive and well on his way to Gondasch, with the intention of proceeding to the coast, and of returning to Europe.

Another moorish merchant afterwards informed Mr.M'Donogh, British consul at Tripoli, that Yussuph was in safety at Kashna, in June 1803, and was there highly respected as a mussulman, marabout or saint.