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there a few Hours, but as be alledged tlie goods were forty two days in ware-
house, boforo ho was callod upon to seo them examined and that ho did not NmIi-
received the protest till ho was ou board his ship to sail, thoy had noticed these ki.»u. The latter
particulars to the Resident and enclosed us the Bill of Lading, Acoount Damage bSerT-ffelhl8
nnd Protest. That tho Resident having desired to know whether lie should ji
continue levying tho shipping present etc. Duties of the English vessels any
longer than was necessary to reimburse the expenses the Honourable Company
had boon at, on that account, they had directed him to discontinue the same,
and dosired to know, if wo approved it. That since their last Nasseir Caun
had sent for Jailor Caun and had shown him many slights disapproving his
conduct there and proposed to send one of his officers to be a check upon him. !
That Nasseir Caun had promised soon to put the Loan made him in a course
of payment and assured them nothing but necessity could have made him so
pressing for the same. That he had lain encamped for some time at Gamier
and sent over Troops to Kish me, which had effectually plundered it, and that
he was endeavouring to settle matters with Carem Caun, which if he agreed
to certain conditions they believed would he brought about, in which case he
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would reign sovereign of the Hot Countries, and which made him very anxious
to get to Lhor, but in order to keep affairs quiet there, during bis absence he
was endeavouring to clap up a peace with Mooly Ally Shaw, but whether ho
would succeed was not known. That Sheriary had been very desirous to get
Moola Ally Shaw’s Eamily released, but without success, and that Nassir -Caun
had sent some Benimino and Charrack Arabs to Ormuse, for fear of Sherriarjs
getting possession of it, by which they imagined some formal agreement had
passod between these Arabs and the Ormuse people. That they had heard
nothing of Carem Caun but as some letters mentioned the arrival of two
Coffilas from Cazaroonm they hoped Trade would again begin to flourish.
That Lieutenant Nack had applied for leave to return here on account his
health and as they were convinced of the necessity for it, they had granted the
same. They enclosed Invoice of Sundries laden on tho Drake to the amount
of Shahees 6,1909 and advised their having sent by her, their books and
diaries, and that they would not have dispatched her before the Swallow’s
Return from Bussorah had not Captain Baillie urged the necessity of it, on
account the badness of her cables, and as most of their Europeans were dead,
they had detained fivo of her compliment. That the Euzeraboony, and a
vessel belonging to the Imaum of Muscat were arrived off Ormuse with a view
of assisting Nasseir Caun and the Benimine and other. Arabs against the
Iulfar Arabs and that ho was set out for Lhor without coming to any terms
with either them or Moolah Ally Shaw leaving things in the greatest con­
fusion, and in short, that there seemed to be nothing, but deoeit amongst the
governing powers in those points.

CVI.
Publio Diary No. 36 of 1761,
^ Bombay Castle, 29th January 1761.
At a Consultation present:
The Hon’blo Charles Crommelin, Esqr. President and Governor.
The W. Thomas Byfeld, Esq., Peter Elwin Wrench.
William Hornby. Robert Hotford.
John Spencee. Samuel Court.