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nour that the Englifh. fhips paid me, and that I was loaded 

 with gold." 



Ullah Acbar ! (in great furprife) " Why, you was in the 

 middle of the fea when that pafled." 



" Scarcely advanced fo far, I believe ; but your ad- 

 vice was wife, for a large Engliih fhip will wait for me all 

 this winter in Jidda, till I know what reception I meet 

 here, or in Abyilinia. It is a 64 gun fhip ; its name, the 

 Lion ; its captain, Thomas Price. I mention thefe particu- 

 lars, that you may inquire into the truth. Upon the firft: 

 news of a difafter he would come here, and deftroy Ar- 

 keeko, and this ifland, in a day. But this is not my bufinefs 

 with you at prefent. 



It is a very proper cuftom, eftablifhed all over the call, 

 that ftrangers mould make an acknowledgement for the 

 protection they receive, and trouble they are to occafion. I 

 have a prefent for the Naybe, whofe temper and difpofition 

 I know perfectly, — (Ullah Acbar ! repeats Achmet). — I have 

 likewife a prefent for you, and for the Kaya of the Janiza- 

 ries ; all thefe I mail deliver the firft day I fee the Naybe ; 

 but I was taught, in a particular manner, to repofe upon you 

 as my friend, and a fmall, but feparate acknowledgement, 

 is due to you in that character. I was told, that your a- 

 gent at Jidda had been inquiring everywhere among the 

 India fliips, and at the broker of that nation, for a pair 

 of Engliih piftols, for which he offered a very high price ; 

 though, in all probability, thofe you would get would have 

 been but ordinary, and much ufed ; now I have brought 

 you this feparate prefent, a pair of excellent workmanfhip ; 

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