_ 74 _ his men with him, moor his ships securely, bring his merchandize ashore and sell it as best he could. When the captain had taken his leave of the king, he return to the lodgings and we with him. Because it was already late he did not concern himself with leaving. When Thursday morning arrived, they brought a horse without a saddle to the captain, but he had no intention of mounting it. He gave orders for them to bring him local transportation, that is, a litter, because there was no way he was going to ride bareback. They then took him to the house of a very rich Gujerati merchant, who ordered a litter to be prepared. When it was ready the captain immediately left in it with many people for Panarani, where the ships lay. The rest of us were unable to keep up with him and were left far behind. While we were travelling in this way, the Wali arrived, overtook us and reached the place where the captain was. We, meanwhile, lost our way and wandered into the bush. The Wali sent a man after us who showed us the way. When we arrived in Pandarani, we found the captain in a rest house, of which there were many on these roads for travellers and wayfarers to to take shelter from the rain. The Wali and a lot of other people were with the captain,
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