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CHAP. X. 



Sail from Tor—Pafs the Elanitic Gulf- — See Raddna— -Arrive at Tambo 

 ^-Incidents there — Arrive at jfidda. 



OUR Rais, having difpatched his bufinefs, was eager to 

 depart ; and, accordingly, on the 1 ith of April, at day- 

 break, we Hood out of the harbour of Tor. At firft, we 

 were becalmed in, at the point of the Bay fouth of Tor 

 town, but the wind frefhening about eight o'clock, we Hood 

 through the channels of the firft four fhoals, and then be- 

 tween a fmaller one. We made the mouth of a fmall Bay, 

 formed by Cape Mahomet, and a low fandy point to the eaft- 

 ward of it. Our vefTel feemed to be a capital one for fail- 

 ing, and I did every thing in my power to keep our Rais in 

 good humour. 



About half a mile from the fandy point, we ftruck upon 

 a coral bank, which, though it was not of any great con- 

 fidence or folidity, did not fail to make our mart nod. As 

 I was looking out forward when the vefTel touched, and 

 the Rais by me, I cried out in Arabic, " Get out of the way 

 you dog !" the Rais, thinking my difcourfe directed to him, 

 -feemed very much furprifed, and afked, " what I meant ?" 



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