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the west.) " Where is he going?" " To Mecca." 
" A good voyage, a good voyage;" and the two ves- 
sels separated. 
I applauded the Turks for their goodness, and laugh- 
ed at the adroitness of my cunning captain. I begged 
him not to compromise me a second time. He hauled 
down his old rag, and looked for his flag, which he found 
at the bottom of a cask. 
We soon after made the port of Alexandria, which 
our ship happily entered, at three o'clock in the after- 
noon of the 12th May 1806, after a passage of two days 
and a half. 
The next morning, the second scheik of Alexandria, 
named Scheik Ibraham Bascha, came to see me on 
board the vessel. I disembarked immediately, and 
accompanied him to his house, where we took coffee 
and lemonade. I was conducted thence to a house, 
which had been prepared for me. 
They did not open or examine my trunks or effects 
at the custom house. I received every mark of respect 
and attention which they could possibly show me. 
