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we fhall feparate, in the latter part, the two branches of the. 
maval and mercantile, and be more clear and explicit in each 
particular department. 
“ Tue veffels to be employed in the voyage are the Ben- 
gal Merchant, on board of which the cargo is fhipped. The 
Cuddalore fchooner, Captain Wedderburn, is graated by the 
governor * to the proprietors as a tender, to allit in the dif. 
covery of the paffige to Suez, and the pr prietors are to pay 
half the failing charges. On her Mr Cunningham, a fur- 
veyor, is appointed, and both he and the veffel are entirely 
-under your direction, and they are to receive, from time to 
time, fuch inftructions as you may judge necefflary. The 
Suez pacquet is a {mall fchooner equipped for the purpofe 
of aitending the Bengal Merchant in the mof difficult parts. 
of the navigation; and as fhe cannot be further ufeful af-. 
ter vour return from Suez to.Mocha, we defire fhe may be- 
fold there, where frequently fmall veffels fell to advantage. 
‘On your leaving the pilot you will make the beft of 
your way, with the other two veffels under your charge, to 
the Malabar coaft, and touch at Anjango and Cochin, ta- 
king in there coir, hawfers, and water, or any thing you 
may itand in need of, and without lofs of time proceed di-. 
rect to Mocha. On your arrival there you muft make in- 
quiry if any pilots are come down from Suez; fhould none — 
be arrived, lofe as little time as poflible, and proceed up a- 
Dove Jidda to Yambo, provided you hear no unfavourable 
accounts from Suez, fuch as war, or any commotions at 
us Cairo, 
* Warren Hattings, Efq eal 
