- Author:
- Marryat, Frank
- Publication Info:
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London:
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans,
1848,
pg 139
Text on page 139
THE INDIAN ARCHIPELAGO.
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Sooloo, where we arrived on the Sunday. We were surprised to find a French squadron anchored in the bay. It consisted of the Cleopatra, 50-gun frigate, Rear Admiral Cecile, with an ambassador on board,
PORTRAIT OF MAHOMED PULLULU, SULTAN OF SOOLOO.
the Yictorieuse, 22, and the Alchimede war steamer. They were treating with the sultan of Sooloo for the island of Basilan, the natives of which had beat off their boats, with the loss of a lieutenant
