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BOMBAY TO BUSHIRE. 
Lieutenant Blacker, of the Madras cavalry, and Mr. Campbell, 
surgeon to the mission. Besides three European and some Indian ser¬ 
vants, the Envoy carried washermen and tailors, and some artificers, as 
carpenters, blacksmiths, and locksmiths. 
On the 12th Sept. Sir Harford Jones, accompanied by Mr. She¬ 
ridan and myself, embarked on board his Majesty’s frigate Nereide, 
Captain Corbett; Capt. Sutherland and Mr. Willock went in 
the Sapphire , Capt. Davis : and the II. C. cruizer Sylph carried the 
Persian secretary, See. The Governor of Bombay drew out the troops 
of the garrison to salute the Envoy on his embarkation: they formed 
a lane from the government-house to the entrance of the dock-yard; 
and as He passed the troops presented arms, and the music played 
“ God save the King.” A salute of fifteen guns was fired on his 
quitting the shore, and was answered by another from the frigate; a 
ceremony which always excites a powerful feeling of respect in the 
minds of the natives. 
In the afternoon of the 12th, the squadron left the harbour of 
Bombay : on the 13 th, the Nereide had out-stripped the Sapphire , and 
had lost sight of the Sylph. The winds were variable and squally : the 
thermometer in the cabin stood at 82°. About ten o’clock, on the 
morning of the 14th. we made the land of Diu ; we stood close in shore, 
and tacked at twelve o’clock; the Portuguese colours were flying on the 
fort. The thermometer was this day 80°. 15th. calms. The land of 
the Gazer at is extremely low. Diu Point is studded with towns and 
pagodas. l6th. we made but little way; tacked off and on shore, and 
distinguished a variety of buildings and towns on the coast. The 
largest place, which we marked in our progress, was Pour-bundar. The 
coast itself continued flat, with scarcely an inequality. 
On Sunday, the 18th. Capt. Corbett read prayers to the ship’s 
company on the quarter-deck. The scene struck me as more simple 
and more impressive than any that, for a long time, I had witnessed. 
The cleanliness of the ship, the attention of the sailors, the beauty of 
the day, all conspired to heighten the solemnity of the service, and I 
