ANTALOW. 
with all its imports, at double the rate of what the English could 
do, if he were to cultivate their friendship : how, then, could I speak 
through men so interested ? He seemed much struck by these words, 
and in some measure distressed, like a man, who sees some advan- 
tage before him, which he is afraid of grasping at. After a pause, 
he asked me if we were at war with the Sheriffe ; I told him, no ; 
but that, on the contrary, he had sued to us, only so far back as last 
year, for assistance (being conscious of our superior power) against 
the Wahabee, by whom he was surrounded. Many ejaculations of 
surprise burst from him on hearing this. He would not, however, 
permit me to proceed until the arrival of Basha Abdallah, who 
came in a few minutes after. 
" The Ras now made him repeat the whole of what had passed 
in my room on the day before, which he seemed to do in so 
clear and manly a way, that I was at once satisfied of his being a 
very different person from the former interpreter, Hadjee Hamed, 
There were many parts of his discourse which excited the Ras's 
admiration, and he repeatedly turned to nie with ejaculations of 
surprise. 
" After listening attentively to the whole account, he replied, that 
he, as well as myself, had been much imposed upon ; as, until this 
moment, he had never fully comprehended the motives of our visit ; 
that he had repeatedly received letters from different quarters, ad- 
vising him to be upon his guard against us ; that his chiefs, also, 
had been constantly urging him to send us to a distance from his 
house, as they knew that we meditated his destruction ; and that 
they had even advised him not to eat or drink in our presence, lest 
we should poison him. All this, nevertheless, had made no impres- 
