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HISTORY OF THE PARSIS. [chap. ii.
and crew of the Brunswick were sent to Sessantilz,
where Mr. Turner resided. On the recommendation
of Captain Grant Mr. Turner took me to his house.
At the time there was a great scarcity of rice, and
even for 35 or 40 dollars one could not get a
bag; of rice. There was an order that each man
was to eat half a pound of rice a day, wheaten cakes
and apes three days in a week. Sheep's meat is
cheap, but the rest of edibles dear. On our voyage
to Madagascar we were ill treated by the Lascars, who
were sent from the men-of-war on board the Bruns-
ivick. The French captain was informed that a
conspiracy was laid by the Parsi, Mussulman, and the
four Englishmen to murder him. Thereupon he put
us all under arrest, and we were threatened with
still worse treatment. But amongst the four English-
men there happened to be one who knew French,
and who explained the circumstances and got our kit
searched, and on finding no dangerous instruments
with any of us, the captain again set us at large.
Our troubles in this respect were inexpressible.
" When we arrived at Sessantilz we found a Danish
ship ready to sail for Bengal. Captain Grant told us
that he would send us to Bengal by that ship. The
commander of that vessel said he had no berths
available. I said that I would be willing to be
stowed away in any part of the ship. The com-
mander asked eight hundred dollars for the Parsi and
HISTORY OF THE PARSIS. [chap. ii.
and crew of the Brunswick were sent to Sessantilz,
where Mr. Turner resided. On the recommendation
of Captain Grant Mr. Turner took me to his house.
At the time there was a great scarcity of rice, and
even for 35 or 40 dollars one could not get a
bag; of rice. There was an order that each man
was to eat half a pound of rice a day, wheaten cakes
and apes three days in a week. Sheep's meat is
cheap, but the rest of edibles dear. On our voyage
to Madagascar we were ill treated by the Lascars, who
were sent from the men-of-war on board the Bruns-
ivick. The French captain was informed that a
conspiracy was laid by the Parsi, Mussulman, and the
four Englishmen to murder him. Thereupon he put
us all under arrest, and we were threatened with
still worse treatment. But amongst the four English-
men there happened to be one who knew French,
and who explained the circumstances and got our kit
searched, and on finding no dangerous instruments
with any of us, the captain again set us at large.
Our troubles in this respect were inexpressible.
" When we arrived at Sessantilz we found a Danish
ship ready to sail for Bengal. Captain Grant told us
that he would send us to Bengal by that ship. The
commander of that vessel said he had no berths
available. I said that I would be willing to be
stowed away in any part of the ship. The com-
mander asked eight hundred dollars for the Parsi and