_ 161 _ Jidda. When they saw me dressed like a Moor and speaking very good Arabic, they gave me a pilot, the best to be found in the place, and I could have had three or four, except that I did not dare to delay because the fleet had not shown up and I might find myself alone. Just as I was embarking on the nau with the pilot, the fleet arrived and the pilot ordered me to cut the mooring rope. I told him that there was no need because we all belonged to “the navy” and he was petrified. I took the clothes that I had been wearing and gave them to him, telling him not to be afraid because the Commander-in-Chief would pay him the twenty xerafins that I had promised him ashore, and that if he served him conscientiously, he would, on the contrary, be able to escape from poverty and become the most fortunate member of his race, both he and all his descendents. I took him to the Commander who was overjoyed. It seems to me, Sir, that the letter of emancipation, given to the man who performed this deed, was not badly employed. Item 30: The said pilot took us to Kamaran. I believe I have already informed Your Highness about Kamaran and that it takes four days’ journey from there to Jidda, to Dahlak three, and to Canacani four. Later on, I shall inform Your Highness all about Jidda, Dahlak and Canacani. On
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