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them on board, but ftill be very cautious how you truft 
them ; order them to condu& you up the common tract, and 
keep the two veflels with you till you are fatisfiedof theirabi- 
-lities, then we advife four difpatching the Cuddalore the out- 
ward pafflage, in order to furvey it up to Suez, and give them 
orders to join you there. But fhould you beifo unlucky as not 
to meet with pilots, there will be no alternative but to pro- 
ceed with the greateft care and caution the outward paflage, 
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 correct furvey as far down as Jid- 
da, in the lat. of 21°30.’ As it cannot be fuppofed you will 
be able tomake an exact furvey in going up in mid-channel,. 
you will inftru@ Captain Wedderburn to follow the fur- 
veyor’s order, but at the fame time to make all neceflary re- 
marks himfelf, as alfo his officers, and to finifh the furvey 
as expeditioufly as poflible, and to return to the fhip at Suez; __ 
but fhould more time be taken up, and he finds it imprac- _ 
ticable, he muft endeavour to go to Yambo, and there wait 
for the difpatches, if he can do it with fafety ; if not, to return 
to Mocha, and remain there to fupply himfelf with fuch: 
neceflaries as he may ftand in need of, to be ready to make 
the beft 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 ma- 
fter of the port, or governor, whether or not he has any. 
letters, &c. from his mafter the Bey, refpecting 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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