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we fliall feparate, in the latter part, the two branches of the 

 naval and mercantile, and hz more clear and explicit in each 

 particular department. 



"The vefTels to be employed in the voyage are the Ben- 

 gal Merchant, on board of which the cargo is {hipped. The 

 Cuddalore fchooner, Captain Wedderburn, is granted by the 

 governor* to the proprietors as a tender, to allill in the dif- 

 covery of the pafTige to Suez, and the proprietors are to pay- 

 half the failing charges. On her Mr Cunningham, a fur- 

 veyor, is appointed, and both he and the vefTel are entirely 

 under your diredlion, and they are to receive, from time to 

 time, fuch inftrudlions as you may judge neceffary. The 

 Suez pacquet is a fmall fchooner equipped for the purpofe 

 of attending the Bengal Merchant in the moft difficult parts 

 of the navigation ; and as fhe cannot be further ufeful af- 

 ter your return from Suez to Mocha, we defire fhe may be 

 fold there, where frequently fmall velTels fell to advantage* 



" On your leaving the pilot you will make the beft of 

 your way, with the other two vellels under your charge, to 

 the Malabar coaft, and touch at Anjingo and Cochin, ta- 

 king in there coir, hav/fers, aiid water, or any thing you 

 may ftand in need of, and without lofs of time proceed di- 

 recTt to Mocha. On your arrival there you mufl make in- 

 quiry if any pilots are come down from Suez; ftiould none 

 be arrived, lofe as little time as poilible, and proceed up a- 

 bove Jidda to Yambo, provided you hear no unfavourable 

 accounts from Suez, I'uch as war, or any commotions at 



Cairo. 



Warren Haflings, Efq. 



