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advantage of the English character ; and that I considered him as 
the best judge on such an occasion. 
After dinner, attended by Mr. Pringle., Captain Keys, and Mr. 
Sak, I quitted the Antelope, and was saluted with seventeen guns- 
These the Dola chose to take as a compliment to himself, and re- 
turned it with one. We were so conveniently anchored, that the 
S. W. v/ind was a side one, both for embarking and disembarking. 
We were soon at the pier, and proceeded immediately to the fac- 
tory. The first thing I did, was to send to the Dola, assuring him 
that the seventeen guns were not intended as any compliment to 
him, xif the state, as the Antelope would certainly never again 
salute the town, till the former guns had been returned: to this I 
received no answer. 
May 9. — More than a month having been consumed in the 
voyage from Mangalore, it was thought advisable to lay in a suffi- 
cient supply of water and provisions, before we proceeded to a coast 
of which we had no positive information. This was not completed 
till the 8 th of May, when the Antelope was reported by Captain Keys 
to be ready for sea. During my stay at Mocha, I resided at the 
British Factory, where Mr. Pringle did every thing in his power 
ta Make me comfortable. He has filled this situation, since the 
departure of the British armament, to the satisfaction of the Bom- 
bay Government, and is very well acquainted with the Arab cha- 
racter, and the trade of the Red Sea. From him I received muclj 
interesting information; but, as I was unfortunately obliged, on 
a future occasion, to make a much longer stay at Mocha, I shall 
defer laying it before my readers, till I come to that part of my 
travels. 
