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Cairo, which you might think may ad enee the fuccefs 
of the tiie 
“Tr 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 {pread with a view to 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 
fherriffe, and, without taking notice of any further projed, 
difpofe of your cargo, as the articles are all of the proper 
affortment for that market, and we defire, in that cafe, you 
colleé& your returns as expeditioufly as poffible ; and if you 
find any confiderable freight for Bombay, and the feafon 
will admit your going there from Mocha, fo as to arrive in 
Bengal by the middle of October, in that cafe you will 
purchafe a cargo of cotton, and proceed here directly. 
Whatever filver 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 defire you will proceed from Mo- 
cha to the coaft of Coromandel, and touch at Negapatnam, 
where letters will be lodged for you. 
“Ow your arrival at Mocha, fhould you hear no unfa- 
vourable accounts of war, or any difturbances at Cairo, you 
will proceed fo 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 conducting the veffel, we recommend your taking 
Vou. IV. 4M them 
