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nour that the Englifh fhips paid me, and that I was loaded 
with gold.” 
-ULiau Acbar ! (in great furprife) “ Why, ae was in the 
middle of the fea when that paffed,” 
“ ScarceLy advanced fo far, I believe; but your ad- 
vice was wife, for a large Englifh fhip will wait for me all 
this winter in Jidda, till I know what reception I meet 
here, or in Abyflinia. 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- 
kecko, and this ifland) in a habe But this 18 ‘not my bufinefs 
with shay at ae . | 
Ir is a very proper cuftom, eftablithed all over the eaft, 
- that ftrangers fhould 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 fhall deliver the firft day I fee the Naybe; 
but Iwas taught, ina 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 
Andia fhips, and at the broker of that nation, for a pair 
of Englifh piftols, for which he offered a very high price ; 
though, in all probability, thofe you would get word have 
been but ordinary, and much ufed; now I have brought 
you this feparate prefent, a pair of ence tient workmanhhip ; 
~ Vor IIL. C here 
