tunity to dispose of them for the advantage of the concerned, we desire it may be done.
"Should any of the officers be good draughts-men, we desire you will encourage them to make draughts of every thing remarkable in the Red Sea, and we will make them an acknowledgement for their trouble; but we recommend that every remark, draught, or drawing of the passage, may be collected together for the governor's[1] perusal; and we hope you will take proper care that, on your return, nothing transpire till the governor's sentiments are known. Should Mr Shaw be obliged to stay with the goods at Cairo, you are to let him keep an officer, and any number of lascars he may require, and that you can spare them.
CUDBERT ThORNHILL. (Signed) Robert Holford. David Killican."
- ↑ Mr Haftings, here alluded to, with these memorandums and informations, difpatched the Swallow jacket to the Red Sea.
