text: ] Here in ordinary cases the matter might have rested; for though the conduct of this Arab chief would certainly have been indefensible in a civilized country the worst charge that can be considered as fairly proved against him is that of being a receiver of stolen goods as the price of his connivance at the appropriation of the rest by the supercargo--since with the wreck of the ship whether premeditated or not he had certainly nothing to do--and the outrages committed by the wild Bedoweens on the beach can scarcely be laid to his charge