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come celebrated^ by sending to me, if at present dispos- 
able, one of the vessels under your command, or if you 
think it preferable, by coming hither yourself. You 
would land here. M. Caillie would adopt the accoutrements 
of a sailor, or personate an officer ; he would mix with 
the attendants on the equipage, or with the staff ; he 
would reach your ship, and be saved. It would be grateful 
to you and to myself to have co-operated in the pro- 
tection of this remarkable traveller. 
The English would not hesitate an instant to receive 
on board one of their sovereign's ships of the line a 
countryman of such merit. It was lately published at 
Gibraltar, that Major Laing had arrived there in the cos- 
tume of an Arab ; a king's cutter was immediately placed 
at his disposal, to transport him to London ; instead of 
Major Laing, it proved to be M« Line ; the similarity of 
name caused the mistake, but the cutter had been dis- 
patched to its destination. 
Will you oblige me by an answer, and by informing 
me whether it will be in your power to render to France, 
if I may so express myself, and to the Geographical 
Society of France, the service which 1 request of you in 
their name, on behalf of M. Caillie ; that if necessary I 
may seek other means of restoring him to his country. 
I am, &c. 
Signed Delaporte. 
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