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and enclosing a certificate from the late surgeon of the Baroche 

 factory, pointing out the same as necessary for the re-establishment 

 of a relaxed constitution, occasioned by frequent attacks of bilious 

 fevers. In November 1775, Mr. Forbes had occasion to solicit 

 our permission to proceed by the Betsey snow to the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and from thence to England, for the same com- 

 plaint; we have therefore complied with Mr. Forbes's request to 

 take his passage in the General Elliot; and as he has on all occa- 

 sions afforded us much satisfaction, and proved himself a diligent 

 and faithful servant to his employers, we beg leave strongly to re- 

 commend that he be permitted to return to India without preju- 

 dice to his rank in the service, whenever his health may permit of 

 his soliciting you for that purpose. 



" Attested to be a true copy, 



James Hatley, Secretary." 



Our cargo being entirely completed, and the packets from the 

 chief and council of Tellicherry closed, they finally dispatched the 

 Governor Elliot on the 18th of February. We sailed the next 

 morning for Chetwa, a Dutch settlement on the Malabar coast, a 

 little to the southward of Calicut, and fifteen leaguesnorth of Cochin, 

 There we filled up our water casks, received a large supply of 

 poultry and fresh provisions, previously provided, and parted 

 from a valuable friend, who had thus far accompanied his wife 

 and children, on their way to England. He returned to Bombay 

 with two other gentlemen, who then left us, in a vessel detained 

 for the purpose. 



We neither landed at Chetwa nor Calicut; the latter was in 



