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Cairo, which you might think may endanger the fuccefs 

 of the voyage. 



" If fuch accounts are rumoured at Mocha, trace them fo 

 as to be fully fatisfied there is foundation for them, and 

 if you have good authority to credit the reports propagated, 

 and are certain they are not fpread with a view co difcourage 

 your proceeding, in that cafe we advife your proceeding to 

 Jidda as moft for the intereft of the concerned. At Jidda 

 you will deliver the cuftomary letters to the bafha and 

 flierrifFe, and, without taking notice of any further projedt, 

 difpofe of your cargo, as the articles are all of the proper 

 aflbrtment for that market, and we defire, in that cafe, you 

 collecft your returns as expeditioufly as poffible ; and if you 

 find any confiderable freight for Bombay, and rhe feafon 

 will admit your going there from Mocha, fo as to arrive in 

 Bengal by the middle of 0(5tober, in that cafe you will 

 purchafe a cargo of cotton, and proceed here direcftly. 

 Whatever lilver you may have after the purchafe of the 

 cotton, you will pay into the Company's treafury for bills 

 on this prefidency. If you cannot procure a good freight 

 at Jidda for Bombay, we delire you will proceed ifrom Mo*- 

 cha to the coaft of Coromandel, and touch at Negapatnam-, 

 where letters will be lodged for you. 



" On your arrival at Mocha, fhould you hear no unfa- 

 vourable accounts of war, or any diflurbances at Cairo, you 

 will proceed to Yambo, where you will again inquire if 

 there are any pilots acquainted with the paflage to Suez. 

 If you meet with any who, upon examination, appear ca- 

 pable of condudting the veflel, we recommend your taking 



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