414 NARRATIVE OF THE Yaud asked them to come out to him (to land) ; but they refused coming out (landing) ; and they went to the King of the country of Bassa, who is greater than the King of Yaud; and while they were sitting in the ship, and gaining a position (rounding) over the Cape of Koodd, and were in society with the people of the King of Bassa, the ship reached (struck) a head of mountain, which took (destroyed) her away, and the men and women of Bassa all together, with every kind of arms (goods) ; and the ship could find no way to avoid the mountain ; and the man who xvas in the ship, killed his wife, and threw all his property into the sea (river), and then they threw themselves also, from fear. Afterwards they took one out of the water till the news reached the town of Kanji, the country of the King of Wawi ; and the King of Wawi heard of it ; he buried him in his earth (grave), and the other we have not seen ; perhaps he is in the bottom of the water. And God knows best.' Authentic from the mouth of Sherif Abraham. — Finis.'

" In addition to the foregoing, another corroboration has been obtained. Lieut. Col. Fitzclarence, when on his voyage down the Mediterranean on board the Tagus frigate, Capt. Dundas, with despatches from the Marquis of Hastings, learnt from the governor to the two sons of the Emperor of Marocco, who had been on a pilgrimage to Mecca, and were then returning home, that he (Hadjee Tahib) had