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who left him, so he got a fresh crew at Zanzibar, and left that place for Fingani, near Ibo
on the African coast, where not finding any other freight he agreed to take a cargo of slaves
to Botnah, near Muscat, at dollars eight per head, and that on her way to the above place
the Sumbook was captured. Abdulla Musullum, Ahmed Musullum, Ishmail Murad, and
Abdulla Salim state that they are subjects of the Sultan of Muscat. Obeid Salim states that
he is the subject of Ibrahim-bin Kais, the brother of the late Imam of Muscat. Abdulla
Musullum, Ahmed, Ishmail, and Obeid further state that they took from Muscat to Zanzibar
dates and other goods for sale, at which plicc they purchased piece-goods and went into
the interior, about six days' journey, to a place called Bcera, where they exchanged their
goods for slaves ; from Bcera they went to Fingani, where they settled with the nakhoda
Rubheir to go in his Sumbook to Botnah with the slaves, at dollars eight per head ;
Abdulla Salim, a boy nbout 12 years of age, states that he went to Zanzibar with his father,
thence to Fingani, where he remained whilst his father went into the interior ; his father
died there about one year ago, and three slaves, the property of his father, were brought
to him and seeing the others had agreed to ship slaves at dollars eight a head, he also
embarked in the Sumbook for Botnah where his mother lived.
The slaves were purchased by these persons as follows

Men. Women. Boys. Girls.

Abdulla Musullum *3 4 4 for 3 350
Ahmed Musullum 7 3 for 9 246^
Ishmail Murad 3 • ft 1 for S 130
Obeid Salim ... Ml 2 3 6 for $ 400
Abdulla Salim 2 I, the property
left by his
father.

Total 16 6 *3 *4

thus leaving one man and one girl, whose owners have not come forward to claim them.
The admissions of the nakhoda and the owners of the slaves, the evidence of Captain
Lang, Lieutenant Henderson and the Interpreter, Muhammad Ali, and the presence of 51
slaves on board the dhow when she was captured, show, that the Arab dhow Fateh-al-
Khair was engaged in the slave trade, and that the dhow the slaves found on board and
the money and valuables were lawfully seized by H. M. S. Philomel and are liable to
forfeiture to the Crown, and further that it was impracticable to bring the said Arab dhow
Fateh-al-Khair to this port, and H. M. S. Philomel was justified in destroying the
same.
The Court therefore passes the accompanying decree.
Aden; (Sd.) James Blair, Brigr.-Genl.,
} Political Resident, and Judge,
The jolh October 1884. Vice-Admiralty Court, Aden,

In the Vice-Admiralty Court at Aden.
Decree.
Our Sovereign Lady the Queen,

versus
An Arab dhow named Fateh-al-Khair, owned and commanded by Rubheir bin-
Nasib and 51' slaves (30 males and 21 females), seized as liable to forfeiture by Henry
Briggs Lang, Esquire, Commauder, R. N, and Commanding H. M. S. Philomel.
Before
Brigadier-General James Blair, V.C., Political Resident and Judge of the Vice-
Admiralty Court at Aden, personally appeared Commander Henry Briggs Lang, Lieutenant
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