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supply me with more ample and precise information, that 
I may make use of it with our government, the patron of 
great enterprises, and with the Geographical Society, 
to the gratitude and admiration of which you will have 
acquired such unexceptionable titles. 
I shall write to the agent of France at the place 
where you have so miraculously arrived, desiring him to 
give you all the assistance which your situation de- 
mands, to receive such declarations as you may wish to 
make, respecting the difficult and interesting journey you 
have just completed, and to furnish you with the means 
of conveyance to Gibraltar, or to me, if you should prefer 
coming hither. 
If, however, you should fear being compromised by a 
declaration, a report, or other legal statement, address to 
me a letter for the president of the Geographical Society, 
which I will convey to him through his Excellency the 
Minister for Foreign Affairs. 
If you should decide to come to Tangier, undertake 
the journey in such a manner as not to commit yourself, 
and above all, be circumspect in regard to the religion you 
have embraced, for the Moors are no triflers on this 
subject; they are inexorable. Have the goodness, also, 
to form into a single packet all the daily notes you may 
have taken during the sixteen months of your arduous 
journey, and the information you may have collected; 
request the French agent at Rabat to seal it with his seal. 
