d have been plundered.
We have presented the governor with twenty dollars, for his
extraordinary energy, exertions, and great merit in the recovery of
the whole of this property.

The Prosperous, Captain Driver, a southwhaler, was wrecked near
Cape Noon, in 1790; the crew was redeemed by me, and brought to my
house at Santa Cruz, after being upwards of two years in captivity
in the Desert: and I sent them all from Santa Cruz to Mogodor on
mules, where, after remaining about two months, the Bull-dog sloop
of war came down from Gibraltar for them, and they were sent off to
her by the imperial order.
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_Wrecked Sailors_.

English seamen that are so unfortunate as to be wrecked on the
coast of Sahara, are generally better treated than the French,
Italian, or Spanish, because there is a greater probability of a
ransom; and because it is well known that the English admit no
slaves in their own country.

_Timbuctoo Coffee_.

Coffee grows spontaneously in the vicinage of Timbuctoo, _south of
the Nile Elabeed_. I sent a quantity to Mr. James Willis, formerly
Consul for Senegambia: it was of a bitter taste, which is the
general character of this grain before it is improved by
cultivation.

_Sand Baths_.

The Arabs bury the body erect in sand, up to the chin, as a remedy
for several disorders, particularly syphilis.

_Civil War common in West Barbary_.

In the provinces of Haha and Suse, particularly in the mountainous
districts, intestine wars frequently prevail: kabyl against kabyl,
village against village, house against house, family against
280 family. In these lamentable wars, which so continually disturb the
peace of society, retaliation is considered an incumbent duty on
every individual who may have lost a relation, so that the embers
of hostility are thus incessantly fanned; and this lamentable
revenge pervades whole clans, to the utter destruction of every
humane and philanthropic propensity, converting the human race to a
degradation below the beasts of the field.

_Policy of the Servants of the Emperor_.

The Bashaws, and others holding responsible situations in the
empire, are continually purchasing a good name and good report at
court, by courtesy to and by feeing the ministers of the Emperor to
report