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the* jUtflng*, Meanwhile instead oX prooeeding to tu* Cuatema
pi or tho>boats drew In at the Agency, Tho oooupanie carried

flag* and ware "hawaaina* end Xirlng riXlea • aa their intent**
ions , were net dear, 1 fell iu the detaonaent, out ox their
eight* .They wero disembarking, when ^osalbi, who had been
sent by flh«4k fielnan to dissuade them, arrived. lie argued Xor
some time but appeared unable to oontrol them end they were
presoing poet him to the shore. demising tout the result oX
residential
their .landing In the Perolan^uarter and the Xeot that there
wero Par plans in the Agency, night be serious, 1 ordered tho
detaolnent to take up a position oonspioi/ously along the sea
wall oX the Agency and sent a message to ^osaibl, drawing his
attention to the Xaot that the soldiers were prepared and that
1 would take notion IX they landed within Agency Halts. AO
wa* anticipated thin brought then to their senses end they re~
embarked Xor Muharrau • Meanwhile two other boatloads Xrom Rldd
had landed near the Wireless • 1 ordered ^osalbl ,who was by this
time genuinely alarmed at the Meddle being out oX his eXXeotlve
oontrol, to take immediate steps to turn them back which, with
the example oX the other boats returning to kuharrag, he was
able to do* ■ For the remainder oX the day very wild rumours, ■
were all oat and the situation was not improved by the dumals
a
ox Budl&reh and HaXe seising the opportunity XV make an attack

on'the dhiah village ot 'oil*
On the 10th 1 thought it advisable to ask Xor a Gun­
boat, to steady the situation, and allay the panio oX the Per­
sians who were o lam curing Xor protection. The Persians oontlnu^i
to press me Xor a statement oX the motion 1 was tek1 ng to pro-
teot them, so 1 again wired on 11th to ascertain whether a Oua-
boat oould be spared. Mo reply was reoeived that day.
On 12th 1 visited the Town three times . It was quiwt i
but Mojdia were still walking about armed with daggers and
dtioks, whioh the Xldawle oX the dhaiks were aXrald to take
from theca. Throughout the proceed logs no single arrest was
•Hooted. Pending deXinite news 0X a gunboat, 1 ordered the
Persians