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.ing m wife, ?kptchcs of intiic&to navigation;. and I may add that all tho
najrql .ofqcoja with whom I had tho lionor of co-opornting during tho past seven •
yoftrs'havo 'boon unanimous in opinion that they Imd novor aeon moro treache­
rous and piratp-liko ground than that which envelopes tho roof-bound coasts of
Bahrein and tho Wahabco ports. , ;
; 48... ;,i hnvo already brought tho claims of Captain Elton, Commanding Gun­
boat Clyde, undor tho notico of llis Excolloncy, and it is unnecessary therefore
for mo now to do moro than renew an expression of my satisfaction with him
during tho throo and half yoars ho has eorved in those waters.
* 49. Finally, 1 would dosiro, in concluding- this ihndoqiiato’dospntch, to
rocord my grateful thanks to all tho officers and mon of Her M'njostj’s Ships
Daphne and Nympho, and of tho Marine Gun-boats Qlydo. and Hugh
Rose, It would be impossible for any mon- to. bchavb with hector order and
diaciplino than did tho mon of Her Majesty’s ships present during this
oxpodition. Thoir solf-rostraint whon landed in tho town of Manomah, after it
had boen abandoned by noarly all its inalo inhabitants, was romarkablc; and
dofencoloBs women approached the column without fear of molestation.
50. It is unnecessary to boar in mind, that while I may not venturo to do
moro than mention tho names of tho officers who havo boon prominently asso­
ciated with mo, yot the heat and burthcu of the day have hQQU. equally borno
by all hands.

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• • > r- No. 102P, dated 13th January 1870.
'From—C. U. Aitohison, Esq., Offg. Secy, to Govt, of India, Foreign Dtpt.,
To—Hie Exorllbnoy Coukodobe L. G. Heath. t
I havo tho honoV to acknowlodgo the rocoipt of your Excolloncy s letter,
dated .tho 1st January 1870, and or its oiiclosuro, relative to tho operations o
tho force’r'ecohtly ’soht to tho Porsian Gulf undor Commandor Douglas, and m
reply 1 am directed to express tho satisfaction of His Excolloncy tho Vioor y
and Governor Gonoral in Council with Commandor Douglas’ procoodings.