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the fhip at his port. You muft not land a piece of goods, or enter into any agreement or contrail, &c. till you hear from the Bey, and, from the anfwer you receive, confult how to a6t ; but let it be with great caution, till you are perfecftly fatisfied of the friendly difpofition of the Bey to- wards you, as we have reafon to expe6l the Bey's anfwer will be polite and favourable, and an invitation to vifit Cai- ro. Mr Shaw will then proceed with the purfer, and any other of the officers you may think proper, with a few laf- cars and fervants, properly equipped, to make the embalTy brilliant and refpecftable. The letters, prefents, and mufters of the cargo fhov'u go at the fame time ; and we recom- mend that, on Mr Shaw's arrival at Cairo, after he retires from the Bey, he makes a vifit to the Venetian Conful, whom Mr Bruce has mentioned very particularly in his letter. If he finds him the fame perfon he has defcribed, he will re- ceive from him fuch necelTary information as may be ufe- ful in his future tranfacftions, and will put himfelf under his protedlion in preference to the French houfes ; but he will ad with extreme caution, till he difcovers fuch connec- tion is not difagreeable to the Bey, with whom he muft ap- pear to be, on all occafions, perfedly fatisfied. We furnifli you with a copy of Mr Bruce's letter, to whom we confider ourfelves much obliged for the information he has given us. His letters you will find of great fervice in condutSling your bufinefs there, and to which viC advife your paying ftri(5l attention.
" We defire that Captain Greig may remain on board the fliip till all the cargo is difpatched and landed, in order to give every necefifary advice in tranfporting the fame, and when that is finifhed, Captain Greig is to proceed to Cairo,
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