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them on board, but flill be very cautious how you truft 

 them ; order them to condu(5t you up the common tracft, and 

 keep the two velFels with you till you are fatisfiedof their abi- 

 lities, then we advife your difpatching the Cuddalore the out- 

 ward paiTage, in order to furvey it up to Suez, and give them 

 orders to join you there. But fliould you be to unlucky as not 

 to meet with pilots, there v/ill be no alternative but to pro- 

 ceed with the greateft care and caution the outward pafTage, 

 with your two tenders a-head both day and night, till you 

 reach Tor, where you will meet with pilots and water; and as 

 we have reafon to believe the danger of the paflage is then 

 over, if you find it to be the cafe, you will difpatch back 

 the Cuddalore to make a correifl furvey as far down as Jid- 

 da, in the lat. of 21° 30/ As it cannot be fuppoled you will 

 be able to make an exaft furvey in going up in mid-channel, 

 you will initrudt Captain Wedderburn to follow the fur- 

 veyor's order, but at the fame time to make all nccelTary re- 

 marks himfelf, as alfo his ofiicers, and to finifli the furvey 

 as expeditioully as poffible, and to return to the fliip at Suez; 

 but fliould more time be taken up, and he finds it imprac- 

 ticable, he mull endeavour to go to Yambo, and there wait 

 for the difpatches, if he can do it with fafety ; if not, to return 

 to Moeha, and remain there to fupply himfelf with fuch 

 necelfaries as he may (land in need of, to be ready to make 

 the bell of his way to Bengal, as foon as he receives your 

 difpatches, and the monfoon will allow him to proceed. 



" On your arrival at Suez you will inquire of the nra- 

 fter of the port, or governor, whether or not he has any 

 letters, &c. from his mailer the Bey, refpecling you ?■ Should 

 he have none, you will defire him to forward the fhort 

 letter from the governor, informing him of the arrival of 

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