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who probably has written to me does not know your 

 address ; but he knows that of Sir Joseph Banks, 

 and also that by your means it would have come 

 to my hands. Did you ever believe that I would 

 have found myself in such circumstances, when you 

 wrote in the third volume of your Travels, "that 

 you wished me long life to reap the fruit of my be- 

 nevolent aims"? But if you can obtain for me this 

 permission, which is rather of going from England 

 than of staying in it, I would reckon myself very 

 happy ; and you will be a great benefactor to your 

 most obedient and affectionate Friend and Servant, 

 Joseph Correa de Serra. 



P.S. Do not forget my address here is Mr. Joseph 

 Porto. 



From Sir Joseph Banks. 



My dear Doctor, April 16, 1795. 



A letter will by this evening's post be dispatched 

 to the mayor of Falmouth, directing him to grant 

 a passport to Mr. Joseph Porto to come to London. 

 I inclose you a frank and the Abbe Correa's letter, 

 in order that you may apprise him of the circum- 

 stance. 



Very faithfully yours, 



Joseph Banks. 



I find it has been reported in Lisbon that he was 

 a little deranged in his faculties ; but his letter to 

 you seems to put that matter out of question. 



