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and dropt our anchor under the fhrine of one of the great- 

 eft faints in the world. 



At night the firing had abated, the lights diminifhed, 

 and the captain of the port again came on board. He was 

 furprifed at miffing us at our former anchoring place, and 

 ftill more fo, when, on our hearing the noife of his oars, we 

 hailed, and forbade him to advance any nearer, till he 

 fhould tell us how many he had on board, or whether he 

 had foldiers or not, otherwife we fhould fire upon them : to 

 this he anfwered, that there were only himfelf, his boy, and 

 three officers, fervants to the Aga. I replied, that three 

 ftrangers were too many at that time of the night, but,, 

 lince they were come from the Aga, they might advance. 



All our people were fitting together armed on the fore- 

 part of the vefTel ; I foon divined they intended us no 

 harm, for they gave us the falute Salam Alicum ! before they 

 were within ten yards of us. I anfwered with great com- 

 placency ; we handed them on board, and fet them down 

 upon deck. The three officers were genteel young men, 

 of a fickly appearance, drelTed in the f afhion of the count- 

 ry, in long burnoofes ioofely hanging about them, ftrip- 

 ed with red and white ; they wore a turban of red, green, 

 and white, with ten thoufand taffels and fringes hang- 

 ing down to the fmall of their backs.. They had in their 

 hand, each, a Ihort javelin, the fhaft not above four feet and 

 a half long, with an iron head about nine inches, and two 

 or three iron hooks below the fhaft, which was bound 

 round with brafs-wire, in feveral places, and fhod with iron 

 at the farther end,. 



They. 



