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 644 TRAVELS TO DISCOVER

and afford Mr Shaw any affiftance he may require; and wa-: deiire, and parcicularly recommend, that; as foon as the cargo is fold, and Mr Shaw has made the neceffaiy obferva- tions and remarks on the reception he has met with, the goods that have fold to moft advantage, and of the forts that will beft anfwer in future, and other occurrences, that you difpatch fuch accounts, by the firll conveyance you may have to Jidda, to Captain Anderfon of the Succefs galley, and duplicate, by the Suez pacquet to Mocha, to Captain Wed- derburn of the Cuddalore fchooner, with orders for him to proceed to Bengal without delay ; and we defire that thefe difpatches may be directed in a large pacquet to the go- vernor for his perufal, with draughts and remarks on the • paffage,

"As we think it of great confequence that you ufe alf poffible difpatch in linifliing your bufinefs at Grand Cairo, fo as to leave Suez as early as the feafon will permit, if the Cuddalore* has been able to join you after the furvey, you will then proceed down the channel fhe has difcovered; but if, on the contrary, fhe has not jained you, and that the Suez pacquet is likewife gone with the difpatches, you muft- then procure good pilots, and, if poffible, a fmall veffel for- fear of. accidents, and go down the ufual tr-a(?t of the Suez veffels ; making particular remarks on thatpaffage, proceed . on to Mocha, and you will attend to th^e former part of your- iollrudions refpetfting the deftination of the veffel.

" Having-

• The Cuddalore was loft in a ftorm in the bay of Bengal, and Captain Weddeiburn ^, drowned before the commencement of the voyage. A fmall veffel, called a G.allevat, viaSj. J!i>fcfli»u;edjConycai)dccrby Captain MofTatj who made the voyage.