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which they received a daily supply of water, but the quality was 
so indifferent, that the scurvy began to appear among the sepoys ; 
and he feared, if the vessel were detained much longer for Major 
Missett's dispatches, that many would suffer severely. I hoped that the 
supply of forty sheep and three bullocks, which I learned from Mr. 
Macardle had actually been sent off by Ghedid, would counteract the 
ill effects of the brackish water. After having been so fortunate as 
not to lose a single man, during a continuance of thirteen months in 
the Red Sea, out of nearly ninety persons, it would have been painful 
to see them perish, when about to return to the comforts of India. 
March 1 6. — Mr. Petrucci yesterday gave an entertainment to Mr. 
Rosetti, and the Vice Consul of the Seven Isles : we this day dined 
with Mr. Rosetti. In the morning, a notorious Albanian chief paid 
me a visit, attend^ed by a banditti of his countrymen. This man 
was six feet high, and universally admitted to be the greatest liar, 
plunderer, and murderer, among the Albanians. 
March 22. — On the ^Oth all our baggage was embarked on board 
a jerm, to sail for Alexandria, but we had scarcely quitted the 
shore when the wind came round to the westward, and blew so heavy 
a gale, that it was impossible to pass the Bogaz, or shoal at the 
mouth of the river; and even if that could have been done, no jerm 
would have ventured out with a foul wind, for there is no place in 
which shelter could be found between it and Alexandria. We yes- 
terday went down to the mouth in Mr. Petrucci's boat, and found a 
very heavy surf beating on the shore, and shoals, though the wind 
had moderated. The fishermen were actively employed in the shal- 
low water, and caught, while we were there, a great number of very 
fine mullet. . The Mediterranean afforded me no interesting marine 
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