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in the mountains, but would bring it to me if I would go- 

 to the town. Providence, however, had dealt more kindly 

 with us in the moment than we expected. For, upon go- 

 ing afhore out of eagernefs to get the myrrh, I faw, not a 

 quarter of a mile from us, fitting among the trees, at leaft 

 thirty men, armed with javelins, who all got up the mo- 

 ment they faw me landed. I called to the boatmen to fee 

 the boat afloat, which they immediately did, and I got 

 quickly on board, near up to the middle in water ; but as 

 I went by the old man, I gave him fo violent a blow upon 

 the face with the thorny branch in my hand, that it felled 

 him to the ground. The boy fled, and we rowed, off; but 

 before we took leave of thefe traitors, we gave them a dis- 

 charge of three blunderbufTes loaded with piflol-lhot, in 

 the direction where, in ail probability, they were lying to- 

 fee the boat go off. 



I directed the Rais to ftand out towards Crab-ifland,. 

 and there being a gentle breeze from the more, carrying 

 an eafy fail, we flood over upon Mocha town, to avoid fome 

 rocks or illands, which he faid were to the weflward. 

 "While lying at Crab-ifland, I obferved two ftars pafs the 

 meridian, and by them I concluded the latitude of that 

 iiland to be 13 2' 45" North. 



The wind continuing moderate, but more to the fouth- 

 ward, at three o'clock in the morning of the 3d, we palled 

 Jibbel el Ouree, then Jibbel Zekir ; and having a Heady 

 gale, with fair and moderate weather, palling to the weft- 

 ward of the ifland Rafab, between that and fome other 

 iflands to the north-earl, where the wind turned contrary, 

 we arrived at.Loheia, the 6th, in the morning, being the 



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