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visit; to which, out of respect to his brother whom I had known 
at Jidda, I consented, on condition of his not bringing more than 
two attendants. Accordingly in the afternoon he came on board 
attended by two of his slaves only, richly dressed : after the usual 
salutations had passed, he inquired particularly respecting Lord 
Valentia and Captain Court, expressed great delight at his 
reception, and remained more than an hour talking over former 
transactions. It appeared from his account that the SherifFe 
Gualib was at this time acting a double part : he had been com- 
pelled by circumstances to profess himself a Wahabee on shore, 
and in conformity with the orders of Shorood, to wage war with 
SherifFe Hamood of Loheia, and the Imaum of Sana ; while, at 
sea, he pretended to continue on the best possible terms with the 
latter, and wished it to be understood that in reality he was 
averse from the Wahabee doctrines. I found, that he still affected 
friendship for the English, which I knew he would persist in so 
long only as it should tend to his interests, while in his heart he 
was firmly attached to the French cause, and had, even latterly 
treated their agents with distinguished attention. 
The punishment inflicted a short time before on the Johassim 
Arabs by the English had produced, I found, the most beneficial 
result throughout the Red Sea, and, I believe, that we in a 
great measure owed our safety to this event being known ; as the 
Arabs began to think, that we really dared to resist their insolent 
proceedings ; a circumstance which the unaccountable forbearance 
of the Bombay government had hitherto given them but too 
much reason to doubt. Nothing but the most resolute measures 
will make an impression upon Mahomedans ; for, as J erome 
