IOR/R/15/1/19, ff 26v-30

The letter is enclosing copies of two communications regarding the capture of the East India Company's armed pattamar Durria Dowlut by Joasemee [Qawāsim] pirates. It also reports that the Company's cruizers will be given orders to attack, capture and destroy any pirate boats they encounter in the Gulf. Two enclosures:

1. Copy of letter from Charles William Elwood, Agent to the Government in Porebunder [Porbandar], to Francis Warden, dated 27 February 1817, which refers to the capture of the Durria Dowlut and commends Lieutenant J H Guy of the East India Company's marine for his attention to the surviving crew. This letter in turn encloses the following two items: Copy of a letter from J H Guy, Commander of HC Cruizer Sylph, to Charles William Elwood, dated 23 February 1817, describing his discovery at sea of the dinghy in which the survivors of the Durria Dowlut escaped. Copy of testimony given by Dewajee, a Porebunder pilot, given to Charles Wiliam Elwood, dated 27 February 1817, describing the attack by Joasemee pirates on the Durria Dowlut, including estimates of crew members killed.

2. Copy of letter from Henry Meriton, Superintendent at Bombay, to Evan Nepean, dated 8 March 1817, reporting the testimony of survivors from the Durria Dowlut. Also recommends the conduct of the crew of the ship.