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THE FLEET. 



maut. The c Arteniise ' corvette, formerly of 18 

 guns, now a jackass frigate with 10 guns en bar- 

 bette, was built at Bombay of fine Daman teak, 

 and was lately repaired there, at an expense of 

 22,000 Co.'s Es. Called Colonel Hamerton's 

 yacht, because always placed at his disposal by 

 the late Sayyid, she will carry him on his last 

 voyage, accompanying us to Bagamoyo upon the 

 mainland. She is commanded by the sailing- 

 master of the fleet, Mohammed bin Khamis, who 

 has studied navigation and modern languages in 

 London — of him more anon. The lighter craft 

 are the c Salihi' barque (300 tons), built in America 

 about 1840, condemned and repaired in Bom- 

 bay ; and the ' Taj*' brig (125 tons), launched at 

 Cochin in 1829, and originally intended for a 

 yacht. Besides there is a mosquito squadron 

 composed of some 20 6 batelas,' each armed with 

 2 to 6 guns, which serve equally for cabotage 

 and for campaigning. 



The useless, tawdry 6 Prince Regent,' pre- 

 sented by H. B. Majesty's Government to the 

 late Sayyid, was by him passed over in 1840 to 

 the Governor-General of India. It was sold at 

 Calcutta, and for many years it was, as a trans- 

 port, the terror of the eastern soldier. The Say- 

 yid could not pray amongst the 6 idols ' of gild- 



