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HISTORY OF THE INDIAN NAVT.
nor sextant, but, thank God, made the high land of Aden at
half-past ten a m. of the 25th. Got to the entrance of Back
Bay at nine p.m., but the wind failing, did not come to anchor
nntil eleven. On reporting our arrival to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
the Hon. Company's ship ' Tigris' was immediately ordered to
proceed to Hulloolah to bring up the rest of the crew, and we
were most hospitably received."
Great credit was due to the officers and men of the ^ Memnon,
and, particularly, to Lieutenant Balfour, for the discipline that
was maintained under very trying circumstances ; watches were
kept as if the ship had been in commission, and perfect order
and obedience were enforced, no punishment being inflicted after
the first day. When it is remembered that at this spot,
Hulloolah twenty years later, a commissioned officer and thirteen
seamen and marines of H.M.S. 'Penguin,' though armed with
Enfield rifles, were massacred to a man by a party of Soomalies,
the immunity from attack enjoyed by this party of half armed
and starving seamen, burdened with sick and passengers, and
fainting for want of water, aggravated by long marches over a
burning desert, was, doubtless, due to the discipline 01 the
men and the firm attitude assumed by the officers.
The ' Clive' and ' Constance' proceeded from Aden to the
scene of the wreck off Cape Gnardafui, or Has Assair
the north-east point of Africa, on which the 'Memnon' was
wrecked—and were employed in saving the specie and mail
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On' hearing of the loss of the ' Memnon,' Sir Robert Oliver
ordered Lieutenant C. H. Campbell, then in command of the
' Palinnrus,' guard-ship at Kurrachee, to return to Bombay and
proceed to the wreck for salvage purposes. The 'Palmurus
reached Bombay on the 6th of October, and sailed tor tape
Guardafui on the 17th, with the necessary submarine apparatus
for recovering stores. Lieutenant Campbell reached the scene
of the wreck on the 31st of October, and, anchoring in twenty
fathoms of water, at once set to work. On the 20th of December
eales set in, and he was forced to run for shelter to Oolock cay.
On the 10th of January, 1844—the surgeon having been
drowned in the surf five days before—the ' Palinurus proceeded
to Aden, where she discharged the recovered stores and copper,
amounting to sixty tons. On the 2nd of March she again
arrived at the wreck, by the 17th got in the remainder ot
stores and the iron 68-pounder guns—no light work ™ti
appliances at his disposal and a small brig of less than 20U
—and, heavy weather again coming on, on the 22nd ran r0 "
to Oolock Bay, Finding nothing more could be done, he _
for Aden, which was reached on the 29th of March, na g
discharged the recovered stores, amounting to thirty tons, ^
the ' Tigris,' ' Queen,' and ' Semiramis,' Lieutenant tamp