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the shore. Not one of us who sat hi the stern chap. 
of the boat received any hijury. Captain ^ _ _' 
Culverhome, and Mr. Loudon, Purser of the 
Romulus, ran for the Consul : the rest of us 
rushed into the ground-floor of the watch-tower 
whence the attack proceeded : it was a kind of 
guard-room. The author, being the foremost 
of the party, observed a man in the very act of 
descending from the tower into this place, 
evidently in some agitation. Having seized 
him by the collar, a struggle ensued : the other 
Arabs attempted to rescue him, and a general 
confusion prevailed, in the midst of which the 
Consul and Captain Culverhouse entered the 
place. It was some time before any order 
could be restored : our party were determined 
not to give up the culprit we had secured ; but 
the Consul knowing him, and undertaking to be 
responsible for his appearance when called for, 
we retired, and went on board the Romulus. 
The next morning, word was brought to the 
ship, that unless the Captain went on shore, 
the man would be put to death. We accom- 
panied him to the Consul's house, and met the 
Pashas interpreter ; but found that the whole 
was a fabrication ; no notice had been taken of 
the event, and Djezzar was yet ignorant of the 
circumstance. Upon this, Captain Culverhouse 
