 With new found enthusiasm, even though he was still ill and feverish, he embarked on the first available ship to Tunisia, but he was promptly stopped by his friends. A few days later, fully recovered, he boarded a new ship and and set sail. Around September 1293 he arrived in Tunisia and started his mission. His plan was to establish contact and prompt dialogue with the intellectual circles in the city, using the method proposed in his Art to convince them of the error of their ways. The endeavor did not last long, and he was incarcerated. He was expelled from the city and sent to Naples in October 1293.