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In order Co afford Che opporCunity of his holding a personal
communicaCion with Che heads of the AL-i-Ally Tribe. This
suggesCion seemed Co give Che Hajee much satisfaction but,
after a little consideration, he said he could not accept any
proposal without first obtaining the authority of his master,

and more ample powers Co treat than he possessed, and there­
fore requested the Resident to send a Cruizer over to Bahrein,
with instructions to accompany him to Aboothabee, should he
be able to obtain the consent of his Chief to such an
arrangement.
Captain Hennell is opinion that the fugitive subjects
of Bahrein would not agree to the condition of quitting Abootha­
bee, but still thinking that not the slightest chance of an
accommodation should be lost, as those hostilities if once

begun would involve all the Maritime Chiefs in the Gulf, he
addressed Commodore Brucks on the subject.
The Hajee objected on the part of his Master that,
should war prove inevitable, any restrictive limits should be
fixed - Captain Hennell replied that his master should have
objected to it at the time Major Morrison fixed it, but he is
of opinion that it is not expedient to enforce the observance
of the same, should the Bahrein Chief continue to object to it.
On the 24th December Captain Hennell forwarded a
report regarding the Honble Company's Brig of War Tigris's
visit to Bahrein and stated that the result of the negotiation
to effect a settlement between the Bahrein Chief and his sub­
jects has proved unsuccessful and that it is his intention not

to suspend the instructions issued by him to Commodore Pepper
regarding the maintenance of the restrictive boundary.
25th Feby. (Signed) I. P. Willoughby
Secretary to Govt.
Minute by the Honble. the Governor dated 25th February 1839,
subscribed to by the Boards.

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