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CHAP. X. 



Sail from Tor — Pafs the Elanitic Gulf- — See Raddua—— Arrive at Tambb 

 — -Incidents there — Arrive at Jidda* 



OUR Rais, having difpatched his bufinefs, was eager to 

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

 break, we flood 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 flood 

 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- 

 lift ence or folidity, did not fail to make our mail nod. As 

 I was looking out forv/ard when the vefTel touched, and 

 the Rais by mc, 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 V 



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