CHAPTER IV. 
Voyage across the Red Sea from Mocha— Anchorage at Rackmah— Proceedings at Ayth 
—Continuance of Voyage to Amphila— Intelligence received there— Failure of an 
attempt to communicate with Abyssinia by a messenger I had sent from Mocha- 
Atrocious conduct of the Nayib and Aga of Massowa— Letter sent by these Chieftains 
to the Danakil Tribes— Its Effects— Conference with Alii Manda, a young Chief of the 
Tribe of Dumhoeta— His Departure with letters for the Ras Welled Selasse. Disco- 
very of a secure Harbour in Amphlla Bay— Communications with Alii Gov^ta, and 
other men of consequence on the Coast— Return of AUi Manda— Letters from Mr. 
Pearce— Resolutions in consequence— Conference with the principal men of the Tribes 
— Arrival of a messenger from Massowa— Determination to proceed to that Place- 
Second Dispatch to Abyssinia. Description of the Bay of Amphila— of the Coast- 
Manners, Dress, and Customs of the Tribes who inhabit it— Departure from Amphila. 
