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418 MOCHA. 
August 15. — The Panther was in sight on the 15 th to the south- 
ward, but the wind being fresh from the north, and the current 
very strong in the same direction, she made but httle way on that 
day, she was obliged to come to an anchor, just as she reached the 
sand heads. Captain Court sent on shore letters from Mr. Salt, 
dated from Dixan, which gave me the pleasing intelligence of his 
having reached in safety that frontier of Habesh. Captain Benzoni 
has gone down for Aden to try to purchase coffee. 
August 24. — Captain Court landed on the 16th.* On the 1 7 th 
another American ship arrived, commanded by Captain Rowe, 
whom I had seen before. He fortunately brought some flour for Mr. 
Pringle, which he turned over to the Panther. Knowing how very 
anxious Mr. Salt must be to hear of us, and wishing to write to the Ras 
respecting his safe return, I spoke to Unus Barilla on the subject, who 
offered to convey a letter from a town by Amphila, where he had 
a wife, without its going through any part of the Nayib's territories. 
It was an important object to find another way to Habesh; I 
therefore agreed with him, and he was to set off that evening. 
August 56.— Seid Mahommed Akil arrived, with two very fine 
vessels, from the Isle of France on the :54th : one is the Pi^reon, an 
English prize; the other a country ship, the Peggy, which he pur- 
chased on the Malabar coast. The Seid is a descendant of Hossein- 
ebn-Aii, by Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed, and carries on 
trade. He hoists a green flag with a red border. I could not com- 
prehend him. He had a quantity of arms and ammunition on 
board. His captains were French, and it was said, that he had 
brought assurances from the Isle, that a French resident would 
* For an account of his voyage, vide Appendix. 
