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at Bombay, by whose authority a Captain Loan was deputed to take 
the command. Mr. Maxfield was of course superseded, but, with 
Captain Court's permission, returned to Bombay with my dispatches 
for the Government there, and for his Excellency the Governor Ge- 
neral. He also took rough drafts of our discoveries, which Captain 
Court had paid me the highly flattering compliment of dedicating 
to me. Mr. Hurst being an acting Lieutenant, I thought it would be 
pleasanter for him to return, than to do duty with us as a midship- 
man ; I therefore exchanged him for an officer of the Augusta of the 
name of Denton, who was reported by Mr. Criddle to be a friend 
of his, and of whom Captain Court spoke favourably. He turned 
out a fine, manly lad, who had been educated at Eton. 
Captain Sparks declined settling the accounts of the Alert, with 
, which he was by no means satisfied, the expense of bringing her up, 
and preparing her for sea, amounting to five thousand dollars. As 
he was also not quite convinced, that Mr. Pringle was right in 
leaving Macullah in the way he did, without settling with the 
Nakib, he thought it his duty to return to that place. Mr. Pringle 
determined to accompany him in the Augusta, he having engaged 
Captain Bennet to return to Mocha, and convoy the trade to Bombay 
in August. The underwriters had sent about ten thousand rupees 
in presents for the Nakib; but as it was evident he had so lart^e a 
sum in his hands, Captain Sparks disposed of the articles here. 
I purchased two telescopes, and some pieces of muslin. I again 
wa^ote fully to the Governor General respecting Arabia, and the 
Red Sea, and took the liberty of suggesting that Mr. Maxfield should 
be sent back in a small vessel, to survey the outside of the shoals 
fromJibbel Teirto Macowar, and the coast thence to Cosseir. 
