AFPFyDTX TIL 



ished they sbjiild m^ike so iiiirfa.s.:r.A:lf dfzi.i,::.!. To 

 this they retomed lUi eqviv jarjii: :mswer; first they had 

 not ; then they had read them. PerceiTing him anxiooa 

 to take leaye (for they evidently intended to protract &e 

 interview till it should he too late for the boat to get off), 

 they insisted on his staying to eat; ^d he had bdtt»> 

 stay all night, for there was not water enough for the 

 boat to get to the ship. He said he wonld go and see, and 

 without giving time for deliberation^ walked ont and for- 

 tnoately got to the beach before the rabble without knew 

 anything of the af^dr. Having got the two pilots into 

 the cutter and a Sepoy belonging to the Sooltan's boat 

 who was still waiting on the beach, we put off, determin- 

 ing to keep him as a security for the safety of Mallum 

 Ali, who remained behind to preserve a show of Mid- 

 ship with the Sooltan, and at midnight reached the shipe^ 

 much fatigued, and happy at having escaped so welL 



DESCEIPTIOK OF PATTA, 



The town of Patta stands on a low sqnare point 

 between two salt-water creeks surrounded with woods, 

 chiefly cocoa-nut trees, and is composed of wretched mud 

 buildings. ^N"© fruit except the coocoa-nut was met with, 

 and it was found impossible to procure any fresh water. 

 The sheep, which are covered with hair instead of wool, and 

 their goats are excellent (^ote 11). The inhabitants belong 

 to the SouaUie * tribe, a people sprung from a mixture of the 

 Galla ^ negroes with the Arabs, Ctc. T>o it r. ve and 



* The Wasawahili, or coast tribes. 



* The Gallas or Onnas are nesr^ids. not ne^iTW:? This trill 

 answer Note 23, vhich compares the Gallas with the west coast * rii^ rs.* 



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