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vexed, but Captain Court and I agreed there was no remedy. Our 
distresses were such, as to make our obtaining supplies not a matter of 
convenience, but of necessity. We therefore determined to comply 
with a good grace. Of my originally large stock of Asiatic articles, 
I had nothing left but a few shawls, which I knew I should want in 
Egypt; I therefore requested Jelani to procure the proper articles, 
which he said ought to be to the amount of three hundred dollars ; 
he immediately produced from his stores some pieces of kincaub and 
muslin, which would not have cost one hundred and fifty rupees in 
Bombay, but which were here considered as worth the former sum. 
These were immediately sent to the Vizier, and every thing was again 
well. We had heard that there was camel's flesh in the bazar : 
but that the Vizier should be spoken to, that he might order us a 
regular supply of forty pounds a day. Though wood was not to 
be purchased, yet it might be fetched by water in two days : Unus 
should have a person to attend, and shew him the place. The 
fishermen should be ordered to stop at the ship as they returned, and 
offer us what they had. He however informed us, that, in consequence 
of the siege, a large fish, was, on shore, worth a dollar. He gave us 
two water melons and some radishes, declaring that there were no 
other people on earth to whom he would have parted with them. 
He showed us all his sabres, some of which were very fine: they 
were all Persian, but some had been lengthened in Egypt at both 
ends, so as to give the Mameluke point, which cuts both ways. 
One was watered in straight lines instead of curves : this he 
valued at one thousand dollars, and declared that the Capitan 
Pacha himself had not so fine a one. He had also a large stock of 
guns and pistols. 
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