DEATH OF MR. CARTER. ^75 
with whom he lived, and who treated him with the utmost kind- 
ness, assuring him that she would, at any time that he might wish, 
send him to her friends at Gondar; whither she intended to retire 
herself, if any thing should happen to the Ras. The divisions still 
continued between the provinces ; but the Ras had made a truce 
with the Galla, and had assembled all his forces to march to Gon- 
dar, and liberate the King from the controul of Guxo, who is sup- 
posed to be a Mussulmaun. The governors of several provinces 
had joined the Ras on this occasion, and the clergy universally 
supported him. This letter Devaje attempted to suppress; but 
fortunately it had been delivered to him in the presence of another 
person, yho gave notice of it to Captain Court. This was evidently 
the result of those suspicions with which the inhabitants of Mocha, 
and particularly the Banians, beheld my attempts to cultivate an 
intercourse with Abyssinia, which they justly considered as likely 
to annihilate their monopoly. 
It was with the deepest regret that I learned, by the same letter, 
the untimely end of Mr. Carter. Mr. Pringle having departed from 
Mocha, in consequence of orders from the Government of India, 
who had considered any connection with Arabia as useless and ex- 
pensive, Mr. Carter proceeded to Aden, where he was induced, 
by an American Captain, Orme, who commanded the ship Essex, to 
accept the situation of supercargo in her, and go up to Loheia to 
procure a cargo of coffee. Seid Mohammed Akil having procured 
permission to fortify the island of Camaran, had rapidly advanced 
in his settlement, but kept his ship with him. Off the island he fell 
in with the Essex, and, professing great regard for the Americans, 
offered his services, not only to show them the way to Loheia, but 
