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took no notice, but continued her way. The winds were extremely 
light from the south, with frequent calms. The moment we passed 
the straits, the change in the atmosphere was most singular: the 
heat became so great that the cabin was insupportable : and the 
prickly heat came out in one night with more violence than I ever 
before experienced. The chase for these two last days has been 
ahead, and this morning we perceived she had run to the N. of 
Mocha roads. We got into an excellent birth off the north fort at 
six this evening. The heat had been so oppressive that 1 deter- 
mined to go on shore, though the gates were shut, and therefore 
landing at the pier was out of the question. We got as near the 
beach as possible, to the south of the town. The water is so shallow 
that the men were obliged to carry me a considerable distance. We 
got in at a little wicket, which is kept open till eleven. Mr. Pringle 
had given over expecting me, but my old comfortable quarters had 
been prepared for my reception. The night was a little pleasanter 
than the last. 
August 3.— "At length the ship came into harbour, and proved to 
be an American, last from the Isle of France, 
I found that, on our coming in sight, all the boys that had run 
away from the Antelope had been sent up to Moosa, lest we should 
persuade them to desert back again. They were in a wretched state, 
and sorely repented the steps they had taken. They had not the in- 
dulgences of other Mussulmauns, but were considered as a kind of 
slaves, and obliged to do as they were ordered for their four dollars 
a month, a pittance scarcely sufficient to keep them alive; yet were 
the Dola who converted them to be recalled, even this would be 
diminished. I received the following reply to my application to 
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