We Were Thankful To God For This Discovery, And Warped Our Ship
To That Road, With Much Toil To Our Men, As It Was Six Or Seven Leagues
From The Place Where We Had Anchored.
On the 3d of August, having
brought our ship to anchor in that road, we went ashore in the boat to a
little village by the sea-side, called Resoit, inhabited mostly by
Arabian fishermen, who entertained us kindly, and gave us all the
information we desired respecting the country.
The governor also of
Doffar came down to us, whose name was Mir Mahommed Madoffar, who
bade us kindly welcome, and presented us with three bullocks, and some
sheep, goats, hens, sugar-canes, plantains, cocoa-nuts, and the like. In
return we made him a present of a fine damasked fowling-piece, double
lockt, which he greatly admired. He appeared to desire our friendship as
much as we did his; and he gave us licence to land at all times when we
were inclined. He also gave orders to have a market established for us
at the village of Resoit, that we might be supplied with every kind of
provision that the country affords. Their cattle were both dear and
lean, and fresh water so scarce, bad, and difficult to be had, that we
were forced to hire the natives to bring it down to us in skins from a
distance, paying them at the rate of twenty-four shillings for the fill
of five pipes.
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