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Leghorn ; and after an eftablifliment of one year, break and 

 difappcar. Be careful of having any thing to do with thefe, 

 for they will either rob you themfelves, or betray you to the 

 government, or both. There is no fafety but with the 

 three French and one Italian houfe, before mentioned. If 

 you addrefs youi^felf to the government, in your affairs of 

 iariffs and firmans, you may do it through means of the 

 Venetian conful, immediately upon your arrival, putting 

 yourfelves under his protedlion. He is a man of honour and 

 credit, and is a colonel in the fervice of his ftate. Let him 

 fend you the tariff of the Bey before you come to Cairo, 

 or land an ounce of cargo, and you will Aitisfy him for 

 his trouble. He does not trade, but is very well-affedled 

 to our nation, and there is no conful here but the French 

 and Venetian. 



" In a word. Gentlemen, I have feen yourtrade to Jidda, 

 and it is a ruinous one, and the flierriffe, now poor and 

 hungry, will every day rob you more ^nd more. After 

 the fealing up the houfe, and exacting part of the effects of 

 the captains who died at Jidda, there is no fafety for you but. 

 either at Mocha or Suez,. 



I am always, 



Gentlemen, 



Your mofl obedient and mofl humble ferv*. 



JAMES BRUCE." 

 ** To Captain Thornliill of the Ben- 

 gal Merch', Captain Thomas 

 Price of the Lion, or any other of 

 the Englilh veffds trading to Jid- 

 da." 



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