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who had only the day before arrived from a trading excursion to 
Massowa, from which place he brought intelligence, that ac- 
counted for the dismissal of the Jidda troops. He informed us, 
that there had been a violent quarrel between them and the 
Arkeeko Ascari ; that the former had conducted themselves in 
an overbearing manner, and that one of them had actually 
killed a woman, for which, in retaliation, he had himself been 
slain. This event produced an open rupture ; and, as the Nayib 
at Arkeeko had it in his power to starve Massowa, the Jidda 
soldiers had given up the contest, and returned home, leaving a 
few slaves only in attendance upon the Aga. 
I soon afterwards went on shore, where I found two of the 
Dumhoeta Chiefs, Hamooda and Undodo, younger brothers of 
Alii Goveta, with a number of their follow ers, waiting to receive 
me. I also found a party of Somauli traders, who, under the 
direction of Yunus's brother, had established a small factory at 
this place for the purpose of carrying on an intercourse with the 
natives, an instance of enterprise strongly marking the superiority 
of the Somauli over all other African tribes on the coast. The 
chief exports consist of slaves, horses, cattle, goats, and ghee, of 
which latter very considerable quantities are always to be 
procured in the neighbourhood. On mentioning to the chiefs, 
that my intention in visiting them was to confirm that friendship 
which I had entered into with Alii Goveta, they expressed them- 
selves highly gratia ed, and declared, that what their brother had 
sworn to should be upheld by the whole of their tribes. 
After the ceremony of introduction, we made a short excursion 
along the coast, in pursuance of our object^ and in a little 
