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servant of the Ras. They all came on board, when we saluted 
Mr. Salt with eleven guns ; this the Baharnegash mistook for our 
firing on the town, and conjured us to stop. It was with some 
difficulty we explained to him, through the double interpretation 
of Andrew, and a Massowah boy, who spoke Tigre, what the cause 
really was. I received him as he deserved, for his attentions to 
our friends, with every mark of respect. He drank wine and ate 
sweetmeats. We sent Hamed Ghamie on shore to provide every 
thing for him, and pay his expenses while he staid. We ourselves 
examined with the greatest eagerness the drawings Mr. Salt had 
made in the country, and were never tired of asking him questions, 
November 14. — -Till this morning we were engaged in pre- 
paring dispatches for India, and in arranging for Mr. Carter's and 
OBr Arab servants return to Mocha. For this purpose we hired a 
dow to Hodeida, whence they will proceed by land. They sailed 
this morning. I wrote to his Excellency the Marquis Wellesley, 
and Mr. Duncan, giving a short account of Mr. Salt's expedition. 
The Ras Welleta Selasse had sent a letter for his Excellency, which 
I also forwarded. 
The Sabbath of Habesh commences at sun-set. On the Saturday 
evening the Baharnegash was on board, and as soon as the sun 
went down, asked leave to say his prayers. He turned to the east, 
and in a kind of chant addressed himself to the Deity, and a very 
long list of saints. His people occasionally joined him. He then 
prostrated himself three times, calling on God. He performed the 
whole in a very decorous manner. 
The Nayib's conduct was such as greatly to displease me. He 
pleaded that he himself wished to do everything that was kind 
