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gers, were not sent to the quarantine station, but
were allowed by the Sultan's Health Officer to go
on shore, under orders to report daily at the
hospital for one week for medical inspection.
No. 4 offered money to Ali Salmar, the Sultan's
Quarantine Superintendent, not to send Nos. 1
and 2 to the quarantine station.
On the 9th April, Nos. 3, 4, and 5 came to the
hospital, and, after medical inspection, said : <f We
want to go away to-day,'* but Ali Salmar said to
them : " It is impossible; wait and see if the doctor
will let you go a day or two before the time." On
the same evening these three men hired a badan,
and sailed away in it without leave at dusk in
company with Khamis-bin Mubarak Razeiki and
two askaris, besides the master and crew. The
vessel did not fly the Trench flag, and belonged
to Taiwi, a port in Oman, between Muscat and
Sur. About 8 p.m. Nos. 1 and 2 escaped from
the quarantine station, and joined the badan at
Bunder Jisseh, seven miles from Muscat, on the
morning of the 10th April. Their escape was
reported by the Superintendent of the quarantine
station, and led to the discovery that Nos. 3, 4,
and 5 had also escaped.
The Sultan, on learning of the breach of quaran
tine, communicated with his Health Officer and
with Major Cox, the British Eesident, and the
latter on the joint request of the Sultan and his
Health Officer (the Sultan at that date notjhaving
any steam-vessel of his own), applied to the
Captain of His Majesty's ship " Perseus" for the
use of a steam-launch to pursue the badan. The
launch travelled down the coast with the Super
intendent of the quarantine station on board, and
ultimately sighted the badan near Has AbuDaud.
The vessel ran ashore, and the five Arabs were
arrested on the shore and taken back to Muscat.
The crew and the other passengers on the badan
were not interfered with.
On the arrival of the five Arabs at Muscat,
they were taken before the Health Officer, who
resides at the British Consulate, and at the
request of the Sultan were detained in the guard
room of the Consulate during the night of the
10th April, and on the 11th April the Sultan
wrote to Major Cox thanking him for the capture
of the Arabs, and asking for their further detention
at the Consulate. On the same day they were
handed over to Officers of the Sultan and taken
back to the quarantine, station to complete their