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Cairo, which you might think may endanger the fuccefs of the voyage.
" If 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 fpread with a view co 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 flierrifFe, and, without taking notice of any further projedt, difpofe of your cargo, as the articles are all of the proper aflbrtment for that market, and we defire, in that cafe, you collecft your returns as expeditioufly as poffible ; and if you find any confiderable freight for Bombay, and rhe feafon will admit your going there from Mocha, fo as to arrive in Bengal by the middle of 0(5tober, in that cafe you will purchafe a cargo of cotton, and proceed here direcftly. Whatever lilver 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 delire you will proceed ifrom Mo*- cha to the coaft of Coromandel, and touch at Negapatnam-, where letters will be lodged for you.
" On your arrival at Mocha, fhould you hear no unfa- vourable accounts of war, or any diflurbances at Cairo, you will proceed to 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 condudting the veflel, we recommend your taking
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