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apartments at the factory. We found here an American ship 
which came from Salem near Boston, for a cargo of coffee. 
June ^5. — To my great astonishment I was informed this morning 
that two EngHsh boys belonging to the Antelope, who had been left 
here in consequence of illness, had deserted to the Dola. I imme- 
diately sent my servant to them to enquire the reason, and to try to 
persuade them to return. Their answer was, that the evening before 
they had been sent for by Captain Keys, who asked them if they 
were not quite well; they replied, nearly so. He then said he sup- 
posed they were tired of being idle on shore, and would be glad to 
return to the ship. They said they had not been idle, and that they 
liked best to be on shore, because they got plenty to eat. " Very 
well, gentlemen," he replied, " you will be pleased to go on board 
to-morrow morning, and I will give you a note to Mr. Hall, who 
shall punish you for this." This, they said, decided them, and in 
the night they got over the wall. One fell, and was severely hurt. 
Both had the liver disease, and must inevitably perish in this cli- 
mate ; I therefore consulted with Mr. Pringle, and we determined 
to do all we could to get them back. Captain Keys sent for my 
ship servant, and gave him a lecture for presuming to obey me in 
going to the boys without his permission. He also declared his 
resolution of visiting the Dola himself. We were sorry for this, 
but conceived we had no right to interfere : as his threats had 
driven them away, it was not very hkely that any declaration of his 
would bring them back. They could have no confidence in the 
promise of a Captain of the Bombay marine, after a transaction 
that took place during the expedition to Egypt. A man was 
delivered up by the Arabs to the Captain of the Cruizer, on his 
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