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lent relations he paid them half of the duties on merchandise ; that 
when our vessels arrived, the Dola had supposed the Nayib made 
much money, and demanded a share; nor would he believe, at 
first, that we gave no money ; that the Askaris at Arkeko gained 
nothing by us, and were therefore equally vexed, and determined 
to try the experiment whether they could not bully us out of pay- 
ment for anchorage. The Banian added, that though the Dola had but 
seventeen armed men with him, he had completely intimidated the 
Nayib, and had possession of all his power. 
I considered the demand of the Dola, that I should pay anchor- 
age, after I had but the evening before settled with the Sovereign of 
the country that no English ships should ever pay any, as a gross 
insult, much heightened by the manner in which it was made; I 
therefore determined to take it up in a strong way. I asked the 
Banian if he was afraid to deliver any answer I might wish to send : 
he said, no; and I then directed him to assure the Nayib of my 
esteem and regard, and my wish to do every thing to serve and 
oblige him ; that his brother had treated me with insolence in 
making a demand, which he only could have a right to make, and 
that therefore I was determined to resent it. I sent word to the 
Dola, that the English ships of war never paid anchorage here or 
any where else ; that at any rate he had no right to demand it ; and 
that if he did not immediately send a man to make an excuse for 
his insolence, I would sail in the morning for his town of Arkeko, 
and burn it down to the ground. 
The Banian took this threat and brought back for answer, that 
he would send to Arkeko, to report that the Enghsh never paid 
anchorage, and would inform us in the morning what was their 
