_Extract of a Letter to Mr. Jackson, from His Excellency J.M.
Matra, British Envoy to Marocco, &c._
Tangier, November 8, 1797.
I have not yet received any answer from Sir Joseph Banks to the
letter from you, which I sent to him. Should you be able to obtain
any information from Timbuctoo[104], or of the interior of this
country, which would gratify one's curiosity, I will be very
thankful for a slice of it.
I am ever, dear Jackson,
Most faithfully your's,
JAMES M. MATRA.
[Footnote 104: All _my information_ respecting Timbuctoo, will
be found in Jackson's Account of Marocco, Chapter XIII.]
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