-lar to that which I had been before presented: and of which I made a very delicious meal, and returned thanks to God for the wholesome repast. In two hours after I was again visited by my master, accompained⚫ by a very aged, and the most respect-able looking Arab that I had seen; who, having seated himself on a mat, accosted me with “how do do Christiano.” I was indeed very much surprised to hear a language that I could understand and was much pleased with the prospect of having found one, who, as an interpreter, might be of essential service to me. The old man could speak but very broken English, but with the assistance of my partial knowledge of the Arabic (which I had obtained during my captivity) we could converse with each other tolerably well. He informed me that he belonged to a village much larger than the one in which my master had now encamped, and many miles nearer Moroccash—that he had obtained his partial knowledge of the English language, by having once in his possession three or four English captives, who with a number of their countrymen, had been shipwrecked on the coast. That they were with him about two years, when, with the exception of one that died, they were redeemed by the Sultan’s friend at Moroccash.

The old man was very inquisitive and anxious to learn of what the ship’s cargo was composed, and whether there was much cash on board; how many days we had been trailing since we quit the wreck,