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English tolerably well, and bore a very excellent character. The 
wages he asked were six dollars per month. I intended to have 
sailed on this day, and I dined on board the Fox, on my way to the 
Antelope, but a proposal from Captain Vashon made me alter my 
intention. This was, that if I would stay till the morrow, he would 
accompany us to Jibbel Teir and Dhalac. The pleasure of his so- 
ciety, and the use of his boats, were inducements too powerful to 
be resisted ; the agreement was therefore made. 
May 10. — It being tolerably calm by six o'clock, I quitted the 
Fox, where I had slept, and went on board the Antelope. Our pilot 
was on board, and had a boat astern, which we were to tow. Our 
dow was ready, and had another. To my very great surprise, I 
now learned, through the medium of Hyder, that the pilot knew 
nothing of the way from Jibbel Teir to Massowah ; that the usual 
way was stretching across to the Abyssinian coast, and working up 
it to Dhalac. Captain Keys felt himself incapable of conducting 
the vessel through an unknown and intricate sea, and consequently 
all idea of Jibbel Teir was abandoned. The only inconvenience was 
respecting Captain Vashon. As we were under weigh, I could not go 
on board the Fox with any comfort, owing to the heavy swell. We 
however ran the brig so close to her, that our main top sail caught 
in her yard, and was rent. I told him where we were going, and 
our reasons. He answered he should go the old way by Jibbel 
Zeighur. We could say no more, and separated. He waited a 
little for a shore boat, and then made sail to the northward, whilst 
we stretched right across rather to the south of west* The wind was 
very fresh, as usual, from the S. E. with a considerable swell. The 
Abyssinian shore was soon in sight right a-head, which the pilot said 
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