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ment would grant us that, and should after­

wards require a port on the coast, by which
they can open a trade with Oman, as well as

the interior, we will gladly furnish them with
one.” As they grew more talkative, it was

with difficulty I prevented them from send­
ing forth amidst the mountains to collect the

whole tribe.
A suite of tents, and several other articles,

were pointed out to me, which had been sent
by our government as presents to them. Not­

withstanding we may, at present, entertain
very different sentiments respecting our first

attack on this people, and it is known that at
least one high and influential member of the

government did, yet the whole affair was
quite to a Bedowin’s taste, and both here and

in every other quarter I heard nothing but

praises of the English. “ We have fought,—
you have made us every compensation in

your power for those who fell, — and we
should now be friends,” observed these ladies,

when speaking of the transaction; but they
never, it will be seen, have forgiven Sayyid

S’aid.
A meal, consisting of camels’ flesh, a