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fish? you would starve !" We assured him he was under a mistake, 
thou :h a very natural one for a native of a country, where fish con- 
stitutes their chief food, and where it is caught in profusion, and 
with facihty. They have no grain of any kind : milk, and goats, 
and sheep, are their other provisions. The Sheik promised to 
assist our native in procuring sheep : the fellow wanted more 
money, but we objected to giving it till he had procured us some- 
thing in return. It was rather calmer in the evening, and Mr. Hardy 
went again on board the Assaye with the boat's crew. 
March 1 3. — Early in the morning the cutter and Assaye set to work 
with one of the anchors, it being very moderate. One of the Euro- 
peans dived in fi ve fathom, and fastened a hawser to the junk of the 
cable. It was got up with great ease, and the Assaye brought it into 
the bay, when we had again the pleasure of fastening it to our bows. 
We saw the fisherman on shore. Pierce went ofiP, and found him at 
breakfast on broiled fish, with his wife and family. He said he 
would go and catch us some, as soon as that was over. He sent a 
sting ray, another species, and four of the ray saw fish. Abdallah 
caught three new species offish, the day being very calm. In the 
evening the Assaye went out again, and returned with our other 
anchor, which had fallen from among the rocks into the sand, and 
was got up with the same ease as the first ; and before night we 
had the satisfaction to be in a safe station, with our lost anchors at 
our bows, and in every respect ready for sea. The man brought us 
some fish, for w hich we gave him two dollars. He begged to choose 
two shining ones, an evident proof of his ignorance of their value as 
raioney. Our man came from the village with two sheep, for which 
he had given four dollars. He restored the rest, saying that he could 
