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trifling pittance of six dollars, which was all that he had now left. 
In this deplorable state of suspense he remained till the 20th of 
July, when, to add to his misfortunes, a boy came down from 
Ayth;, and informed him that Yunus still remained at that place; 
not having yet been able to obtain a passage to Mocha. The 
party had already been much distressed for provisions ; having 
for some time lived solely on goat's flesh (which they had bought 
upon trust), no meal or bread of any kind being procurable on 
the coast. On the arrival of this news from Ayth, it appeared, 
that they were likely to be deprived even of this last resource ; 
for the natives refused to trust them further, unless they would 
give up their spears, shields and knives, in payment for what 
they had already consumed. In consequence of this difficulty, 
Mr. Pearce discharged the attendants who came down with him, 
and gave them a letter to the Ras, telling him, that he had re- 
quested them to leave him, on account of the scarcity of provi- 
sions ; but, that he was determined to wait himself for Captain 
Rudland's arrival, though it might cost him his life. 
He had now only four servants left, but even with this small 
number to provide for, he was reduced to great extremity, and 
conceived that he should have been actually starved, had it not 
been for the arrival of a dow, which touched at the port : the 
master of which, named Adam Mahomed, humanely supplied 
the party with a few dollars worth of juwarry and dates, in ex- 
change for a bill on Mocha, saying that he could not bear to 
see an Englishman in distress for provisions." * Some days after 
* This feeling appears to be very general among the Arabs: the high respect they en- 
tertain for the English character makes them feel ashamed to see a person belonging to 
