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P. S. " I fend you a copy of the firman ; alfo letters for the governors of Bombay and Bengal, inclofing the fame ; you will fee the tranilator be a perfon of truft, and have no intereft in deceiving you. If I did not think you very fafe at Suez I would not write you. You are to bring no coffee, or any produce of Arabia, at leafl the firll voyage, till you make your terms here. I inclofe you a letter from the chief of the cuilomhoufq.
J.B.^
Copy of Inflru(5lions from the Managers of the Suez Adven- venture, to Mr John Sha'w, and Captain William Greig^
" Gentlemen,
THE proprietors of the Suez Adventure having made choice of you to condu(5l the undertaking, it is our duty as managers to give you the neceffary inftrudtions. Inclofed you will receive invoice and bills of loading of the cargo, and likewife of the freight loading on the Bengal Merchant, on account and rilk of the concerned, which you are to difpofe of in the gulf of Mocha, Jidda, or Suez, on the mofl advantageous terms, obferving at the fame time, as nearly as poiTible, the following inftruftions :
" As many unforefeen accidents may happen that we cannot guard againfl, and as the proprietors have placed in us an implicit confidence, we now delegate to you, Gentle- men, full power and authority to condiKfl and manage this new undertaking, for which your credit, as well I as
