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CHELICUT. 
At length, on the 7th of August, Mr. Pearce was released in a 
great measure from the dangerous and critical situation in which 
he had been placed, by the arrival of Yunus's dow, which had 
brought over Mr. Benzoni from Mocha. On its coming to an 
anchor in the harbour, a note* was sent off by one of the boatmen, 
who swam on shore, to Mr. Pearce, and he immediately embarked 
in the same primitive mode, attended by his servants, to the dow, 
as Mr. Benzoni expressed a wish to see him immediately, for the 
purpose of ascertaining what kind of reception he might be likely 
to meet with from the natives. On the following day the party 
returned on shore accompanied by Mr. Benzoni, on a catamaran 
fitted out for the occasion, and a meeting took place between 
him and the Dola, who had prepared a hut for his accommoda- 
tion. A number of goods, brought over by Mr. Benzoni, for 
Mr. Pearce to carry into the country, were subsequently landed 
by the same curious conveyance, consisting of a quantity of 
cast-off niusquets, several pieces of damaged velvet, a few pistols, 
some glass wall shades, and other articles; part of which were 
imtended as a present to the Ras, and the rest were design^d^ 
to make a trial of the commerce of the country. For some time, 
Mr. Pearce refused to take charge of these goods, as he thought 
that it would be a mere act of insanity to attempt carrying 
them, or any other commodities through a country inhabited by 
such savages as the natives through whose hands they had 
necessarily to pass but, at length, from the earnest solicita- 
tions of Mr. Benzoni, who conceived that he had conciliated the 
* I have this note in my possession, as well as copies of several of Mr. Pearce's letters 
written relative to this subject. 
