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plaints against him to the Supreme Government, for a breach of 
orders. I concluded by giving him notice, that in a few days I 
should return to Mocha. His answer, which came at night, was 
merely a denial of disobedience, referred every thing to the Gover- 
ment of Bombay, and ended by saying he should go on board the 
next morning, and would send a boat for me at any hour I pleased. 
I informed him he was mistaken, as it was not my intention to go 
to the ship on that day. I sent to the Nayib to say I should not 
want the pilots, and gave them ten dollars, as a compensation for 
the trouble they had had in coming over. The Dola of Dhalac 
arrived, and paid me a visit : I suspected he brought over presents 
to the different men, for our landlord got two goats, one of which 
he gave to Mr. Salt, and the other to the Doctor. The latter has had 
plenty of patients, but in general they were cases of debility from 
intermittent fevers. A man was removed this night to the island of 
Sheik Seid, who was said to have the small-pox. 
June 1 1 . — Captain Keys went on board in the morning. I wrote 
to him, and requested two of the ^Europeans might assist my servant 
in collecting shells and madrapores, as I should have no future place 
to touch at, where they would be found in such variety. This was 
complied with immediately; and on Mr. Macgie's going on board, 
he was told that he need not go again at four o'clock, which he had 
hitherto been obliged to do, though there was not one sick man in 
the vessel. In short, the Captain seemed to be in high glee at having 
escaped the dangers of the voyage ; an idea that superseded every 
other; or else he expected that he should, byhis politeness in future, 
prevent me from exercising that retaliation which was so completely 
in my power. The Nayib sent in the evening to request that I would 
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