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we fliall feparate, in the latter part, the two branches of the naval and mercantile, and hz more clear and explicit in each particular department.
"The vefTels to be employed in the voyage are the Ben- gal Merchant, on board of which the cargo is {hipped. The Cuddalore fchooner, Captain Wedderburn, is granted by the governor* to the proprietors as a tender, to allill in the dif- covery of the pafTige to Suez, and the proprietors are to pay- half the failing charges. On her Mr Cunningham, a fur- veyor, is appointed, and both he and the vefTel are entirely under your diredlion, and they are to receive, from time to time, fuch inftrudlions as you may judge neceffary. The Suez pacquet is a fmall fchooner equipped for the purpofe of attending the Bengal Merchant in the moft difficult parts of the navigation ; and as fhe cannot be further ufeful af- ter your return from Suez to Mocha, we defire fhe may be fold there, where frequently fmall velTels fell to advantage*
" On your leaving the pilot you will make the beft of your way, with the other two vellels under your charge, to the Malabar coaft, and touch at Anjingo and Cochin, ta- king in there coir, hav/fers, aiid water, or any thing you may ftand in need of, and without lofs of time proceed di- recTt to Mocha. On your arrival there you mufl make in- quiry if any pilots are come down from Suez; ftiould none be arrived, lofe as little time as poilible, and proceed up a- bove Jidda to Yambo, provided you hear no unfavourable accounts from Suez, I'uch as war, or any commotions at
Cairo.
Warren Haflings, Efq.
