We Also Had Leave Granted To Come And
Go Between The Ship And The Shore At Our Pleasure, Without Demanding
Leave, Contrary To The Usual Custom Of The Port, The Water Bailiff Being
Ordered To Give Us No Molestation.
On the 20th, it was noticed that the
monsoon had changed.
The 24th, the scrivano observed to us that our
sailors, on coming ashore, were in the custom of selling baftas and
sword-blades in the bazar. He said the governor had promised liberty for
the goods of these poor fellows to pass free of custom, and therefore
they might freely bring them ashore for sale, but must sell them at our
house, and not in the public bazar, which was a disgrace to us and our
nation.
On the 31st, our ship was in great danger of being burnt. Some one
happened to be smoking on the spritsail yardarm, when the burning
tobacco fell out unobserved into a fold of the sail, where it burnt
through two or three breadths, and was long smelt before it could be
found. After this, smoking was strictly prohibited, except in the
cook-room or the captain's cabin. At this time, for the recovery of our
sick men, the exploration of the coast, and procuring ballast instead
of lead taken out of the ship for sale, it was concluded to send the
ship over to Assab; on the African coast, on which occasion Mr Baffen,
the master's mate, was sent before to sound and discover the passage.
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