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had but three hundred and fifty bales, and lost her season. The 
place has suffered severely from the Wahabee, but still belongs 
to the Imaum. Nothing but brackish water was to be had there. 
An old Portuguese fled to the Dola. 
October 5 th. — -In a conversation yesterday evening with Seid 
Akil's brother, he told me that the Dola was not very well pleased 
with his old Portuguese. He said he was of no use, and cost four 
dollars a month. The Seid declared that it was contrary to their 
books to make Mussulmauns in this way. They could never be so in 
reality. I replied, that the Dola was very good to pay them four 
dollars a month till they had learned the language, when the good 
ones came back to the Europeans, and the others ran away to the 
Wahabee or Turks, to fight against him. The conduct of the 
Arabs towards me was totally changed within this fortnight ; not 
an Arab of any consequence met me without making his salaam, 
which I always returned, but never gave first. I sent on board 
yesterday, three six dozen chests of shells, and two larger boxes 
of beautiful madrapore. The winds were south, and the weather 
was cooler. 
October 10. — The nights for some time have been extremely sul- 
try, and the wind light and variable. Yesterday was the festival of 
Sheik Abdurrab, who, by his corpse, has sanctified the island on 
which the southern fort is built. At nine the colours were hoisted 
on all the forts, and soon afterwards, to the astonishment of all the 
inhabitants of the Factory, the Americans also hoisted their colours. 
This compliment to a Mussulmaun saint was novel in a Christian 
power ; but it was carried still farther ; for on the Dola's departing 
to offer up his prayers at the Sheik's tomb, every ship saluted I 
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