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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVY. —
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inference that something more passed between the two ofTicers
than ever came to light.
Commander Hawkins sailed from Bombay on the 5th of
January, 1830, and, on the 20th, anchored in Bassadore roads,
where he found the Hon. Company's sloop-of-war ' Ternate,'
Commodore W. S. Collinson ; on the 2onl, having delivered the
stores for the use of the Persian Gulf squadron, he proceeded
to Muscat, where he arrived on theoOth. The ' Clive' remained
at Muscat till the (Jtli of February, ('omnuindc^r Hawkins having,
during the interval, laid in with dilKculty, owing to the absence
of the Iraaum at Zanzibar and the unsettled state of the country,
a supply of wood and water, and also apprehended three
miscreants, belonging to a brig, who had confessed to the nnn-der
of the captain and officers. On the Gth of February Com-
mander Hawkins* sailed from ]\Iuscat, and, on the 18th,
sighted the island of Socotra, of which he made a cursory
examination, landing at some places, including Gollanseer;
having gained the information necessary to enable him to
report upon the facilities possessed by the island as a coal
depot for the projected line of steamers. Commander Hawkins
bore up for the southward on the 25th of February. On the
3rd of March he arrived at Ijrava, and, on the 8th, anchored at
Zanzibar, where he received a warm welcome from the Imainu,
whose capital of Muscat he had saved from destruction by (ire in
the previous year, for which service his Highness had presented
him with a handsome sword.
Commander Hawkins sailed from Zanzibar on the ll'th of
March, and, after visiting various places on the coast in
furtherance of his mission to ship boys for the Service, he
proceeded to Lindey,t where he anchored on the 28th of April.
AtLindey he found a whaler, the master of which apjjlied to him
for assistance to keep his unruly crew in subjection. Com-
* Commander Hawkins sajs in his Journal of the cruisf of the ' Clivo ' :
" On the 8th, having run close in abreast of Capo Jube, shoaled very suddenly
from twenty ialhonis to seven, and tlien live, then steering to tlie southward, liad
regular soundings from five to ciglit and twelve fatlioms soft mud. At two p.m.
saw the wreck of the ' Oscar,' (a) hauled in for it, lowered a quarter-boat, and
Bent an oillcer to examine; but the surf was too liigh to venture on board,
from wliich it may be concluded the cuast is always dillicult to land on, wo
having been on it at dill'eront ))eriods, and each time a iii^li .surf, ahliougli tho
weather was quite moderate in tlie oiling. We observed from tlic sliip, as well
as from tlie boat, tliat the Arabs liad jjulicd down licr topsails, rii)ped oil" her
upper deck, and completely stripped lu'r of co|iper. They hnd liuts erected cloBO
to tlie spot, and sheds under which tliey were building boats, supplied with
necessaries from the wreck."
t Lindey lli\er, in lat. 0" 50' S., long. HO" 4.')' E., is about 22i leni;uos to tho
north-west'of Cape Deliiado ; it is a line i-iver, with several villages on its banks, tho
principal of whicli, called Lindey, lies, with its fort, ou tho west bunk.

(a) Tlio 'Oscar' was wrecked near Ras Roos, bt>t\veen Ras Jibsh (called
above Ras Jube) and Ras El Xhabbeh, on the Arabian coast.