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APPENDIX III. 



he made a representation to tlie Ilakim, who in conse- 

 quence withdrew his claims, but privately threatened the 

 merchants with a double imposition after our departure. 



To prevent this, it was determined to leave the Sylph 

 to countenance them during their stay, and convoy them 

 across to India at the breaking up of the rainy season. 

 While the Hakim, who had been extremely inimical to 

 us during our stay, and always anxious for us to be gone, 

 informed us he was coming to return our visit ; this he 

 had on various pretences heretofore delayed ; however, 

 on Sunday, the 7th April, he came on board, when both 

 ships dressed and saluted him, and he was, notwithstand- 

 ing his ill-behaviour, treated with {\\o, greatest atten- 

 tion. 



On Tuesday, the Dth, we weighed and sailed from 

 Zanzibar, and in the evening came to anchor under the 

 small Island of Timbat, at the north end of the island. 

 On tlie morning of this day Henry Golding, a stout, 

 healthy seaman, was found dead between decks : ho had 

 no kno\vn complaint at the time, and his death was 

 suj)posed to have been caused by suffocation, as it was 

 understood he went to sleep very niucth intoxicated. 

 Having interred him on Frenchman's Island, the watering 

 boat returned on board, and reported they had found the 

 body of a young female recently murdered, lying among 

 the bushes at the freshwater stream ; as they had no 

 means of interesting the neighbours in her fate, they 

 buried her immediately. On Wednesday, the 10th, we 

 got under weigh, and passing between Pemba and the 

 mainland, where there is a fine broad channel, we, without 

 anything further remarkable occurring, anchored in 

 Mocha Roads on the 2Gth April, 1811. 



