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 in to Pernambuca for Intelligence, to enable me for the Puruit: The Dread of Pyrates keeps every one off, till you have firt ent an Officer, with the proper Compliments to the Governor, who immediately gives Leave for your buying every Neceary you are in want of, provided it be with Money, and not an Exchange of Merchandize, which is againt the Laws of the Country.

On this firt time of going on Shore, depends the ucces of the whole Affair, and requires a cautious and dicreet Management in the Peron entruted: He will be immediately urrounded at landing with the great and the mall Rabble, to enquire who? and whence he come? and whether bound? &c. and the Men are taught to anwer, from Guiney, denying any thing of a Slave on Board, which are under Hatches, and make no Shew; nor need they, for thoe who have Money to lay out will conclude on that themelves.

By that time the Compliment is paid to the Governor, the News has pread all round the Town, and ome Merchant addrees you, as a Stranger, to the Civility of his Houe, but privately deires to know what Negroes he can have, and what Price. A Governor may poibly ue an Intrument in ifting this, but the Appearance of the Gentleman, and the Circumtance of being o oon engaged after leaving the other, will go a great way in forming a Man’s Judgment, and leaves him no room for the Supicion of uch a Snare; however, to have a due Guard, Intimations will uffice, and bring him, and Friends enough to carry off the bet Part of a Cargo in two Nights time, from 20 to 30 Moidors a Boy, and from 30 to 40 a Man Slave. The Hazard is les at Rio Janeiro.

There has been another Method attempted, of ettling a Correpondence with ome Portugueze Merchant or two, who, as they may be certain within a Fortnight