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the fhip at his port. You muft not land a piece of goods, 

 or enter into any agreement or contrail, &c. till you hear 

 from the Bey, and, from the anfwer you receive, confult 

 how to a6t ; but let it be witli great caution, till you are 

 perfecftly fatisfied of the friendly difpofition of the Bey to- 

 wards you, as we have reafon to expe6l the Bey's anfwer 

 will be polite and favourable, and an invitation to vifit Cai- 

 ro. Mr Shaw will then proceed with the purfer, and any 

 other of the officers you may think proper, with a few laf- 

 cars and fervants, properly equipped, to make the embalTy 

 brilliant and refpecftable. The letters, prefents, and mufters 

 of the cargo fhov'u go at the fame time ; and we recom- 

 mend that, on Mr Shaw's arrival at Cairo, after he retires 

 from the Bey, he makes a vifit to the Venetian Conful, whom 

 Mr Bruce has mentioned very particularly in his letter. If 

 he finds him the fame perfon he has defcribed, he will re- 

 ceive from him fuch necelTary information as may be ufe- 

 ful in his future tranfacftions, and will put himfelf under 

 his protedlion in preference to the French houfes ; but he 

 will ad with extreme caution, till he difcovers fuch connec- 

 tion is not difagreeable to the Bey, with whom he muft ap- 

 pear to be, on all occafions, perfedly fatisfied. We furnifli 

 you with a copy of Mr Bruce's letter, to whom we confider 

 ourfelves much obliged for the information he has given 

 us. His letters you will find of great fervice in condutSling 

 your bufinefs there, and to which viC advife your paying 

 ftri(5l attention. 



" We defire that Captain Greig may remain on board the 

 fliip till all the cargo is difpatched and landed, in order to 

 give every necefifary advice in tranfporting the fame, and 

 when that is finifhed, Captain Greig is to proceed to Cairo, 



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