On This Account Alone I Hope Your
Lordship Will, As Soon As Possible, Afford Him An Opportunity To Join
His Family, At Gibraltar, In Safety.
"I have the honour to be,
"My Lord,
"Your Lordship's
"Friend and servant,
(Signed)
"MOHAMMED ABDALLAH ESLAWEE,
Governor of Larache, &c. &c. &c.
_To the Right Hon. Lord Collingwood,
Admiral and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c._
LETTER XXIII.
Embark for Gibraltar - Precautionary Hints.
Gibraltar.
In compliance with the request of the Governor of Larache, His
Majesty's hired armed ship the Lord Eldon was ordered by Lord
Collingwood to convey me to this place. She arrived at Larache about a
week after I wrote last. The bar unfortunately proved so bad, that she
was obliged to drop her anchor on the outside; and the Captain,
conceiving it an unsafe anchorage, pressed me to repair on board
without delay, which I did, after taking a long farewell of my noble
friend the Governor, who, with tears in his eyes, embraced me, and
otherwise evinced his infinite regret and true friendship.
We embarked all my horses, mules, &c. &c. without any accident, and
immediately after set sail for Tangiers. I cannot find words to
describe the interesting, curious, and romantic appearance of the
Barbary coast, from Larache to Tangiers, when viewed from the sea. I
took my station on the quarter-deck, and, as we sailed close in shore,
my curiosity was fully gratified. There are several small bays and
creeks along this coast, which unfortunately afford shelter to the
enemy's privateers, where, in perfect security, they remain concealed,
watching an opportunity to come out and seize any of our straggling
vessels that have either separated from, or are waiting for convoy to
enter the Straits.
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