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 of uch treatment by inurrection, &c. When you conider that on the health of your laves, almot your whole voyage depends; for all other riques, but mortality, eizures and bad debts, the underwriters are accountable for;—you will therefore particularly attend to moking your veel, wahing her with vinegar, to the clarifying your water with lime or brimtone, and to cleanlines among your own people, as well as among the laves.

"As the factors on the coat have no laws but of their own making, and of coure uch as uit their own convenience, they therefore, like the Iraelites of old, do whatoever is right in their own eyes; in conequence of which you ought to be very careful about receiving gold dut, and of putting your cargo into any but the bet hands, or if it can be avoided, and the ame dipatch made, into any hands at all, on any credit. If you find that any aving can be made by bartering rum for lops, and upplying your people with mall tores, you will do it; or even if you cannot do it without a los, it is better done than left undone; for hifts of clothes, particularly in warm climates, are very neceary. As our interet will be coniderable, and as we hall make inurance thereon, if any accident hould prevent your following the track here pointed out, let it be your firt object to protet publicly, why, and for what reaon you were obliged to deviate. You are to have four laves upon every hundred, and four at the place of ale; the priviledge of eight hogheads, and two pounds eight hillings per month;—thee are all the compenations you are to expect for the voyage.

"Your firt mate is to have four hogheads privilege, and your econd mate two, and wages as per agreement. No laves are to be elected out as priviledged ones, but mut rie or fall with the general ales of the cargo, and average accordingly. We hall expect to hear from you, by every opportunity to Europe, the Wet Indies, or any of thee United States; and let your letters particularly inform us, what you have done, what you are then doing, and what you expect to do. We could wih to have as particular information as can be obtained, repecting the trade in all its branches on the coat; to know if in any future time, it is probable a load of N. E. Rum could be old for bills of exchange on London, or any part of Europe; or, for gold dut; and what depatch in this cae might be made.

"You will be careful to get this information from gentlemen of veracity, and know of them if any other articles would anwer from