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but common. In the evening the Emir, the old pilot, and Unus, 
came off. Unus still pleaded that his crew would not go. The 
Emir agreed to let us have a boat of his ; and the old pilot said, if 
we would pay him the fifteen dollars, he was ready to engage. 
Before we would promise this, we demanded what he asked for 
pilotage : he said, one hundred and sixty dollars ; adding, that he 
received thirty or forty for a dow. We were amused by the argu- 
ment, though provoked by the impudence of the demand. The 
Emir told him he was a fool, and I observed it was so totally out 
of the question, that I would say nothing more. At length he 
wished to know what I would give ; observing that it was a very 
large vessel, and a very dangerous passage. I replied, that he 
seemed to have forgotten his telling me that the way was good to 
Macowar, and that the size of the vessel was nothing to him, as we 
did not want him to be answerable for it. That I considered it as 
worth one-third as much as the pilotage from Mocha ; that I would 
therefore give fifty dollars, and no more ; that on the same princi- 
ciple I would give one hundred for a dow. If they did not choose 
to take that, I would sail without either. The argument lasted a 
long time : the Emir wished me to give sixty, which I refused, and 
they went away without any thing being settled ; but Unus said 
apart, that he would settle every thing. 
The sheep and vegetables are ready. The Emir wished us to 
visit him, which I promised to do, if it should be fine weather, and 
I should be well. He agreed to come on board to-morrow, when 
every account should be settled. Our water is complete, and Mr. 
Maxfield has most of his. We have only to stow the gang casks. 
Unus's nephew, who was the best diver of his crew, came olF with 
