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most agreeable to him. He told me, that CiirrHm-chund, the * 
Banian, and a slave belonging to him, should accompany me to 
the ship to receive it, expressing, at the same time, great 
obligations for my kindness. Nothing can be more insinuating 
than the manners of a Turk when he has any particular point to 
carry ; yet, satisfactory as his conduct appeared throughout the 
whole of this interview, I own I thought it too conciliating to 
prove finally sincere. 
On my arrival at the ship I selected a valuable pair of pistols, 
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a blunderbuss with a spring bayonet, and a rich piece of satin, 
and I made out an order upon the Banian for two hundred dol- 
lars ; all of which I forwarded, as a present to the Kaimakan, by 
the person whom he had appointed to convey them. I made his 
present on this occasion handsome, from my knowledge of the 
character of persons of his description, and from a private inti- 
mation sent me by the Nayib, that, if I acted in this manner, all 
would go on well. 
The 14th and 15th were busily employed in preparations for 
our journey, and nothing very particular occurred till the 17th, 
when we were considerably alarmed by the appearance of a fleet 
of armed dows, standing into the harbour, carrying the green flag 
of the Sherifl*e of Mecca. They bore down in regular order, and 
each fired a salute of three guns on passing the fort, immediately 
after which they all came to an anchor in a regular line, a-head 
of our vessel, across the mouth of the harbour. As the Banian 
happened to be on board at the time, I instantly dispatched him 
to the Kaimakan, to gain intelligence respecting the destination 
of these vessels ; and, in the mean time, Captain Weatherhead 
