INSTRUCTIONS TO CAPTAIN WILSON.
o f the India Company, and in all réfpeCts conform tbuheNc&didon&
b f the charter,' à eojiy o f which you will take with Yo\£will
in particular obferve the necelfity o f your- feeing there by the month
o f December, ^br i t lateft in the montK'ctf jan u aT y^ ^ -V 'that^óu
may reçeivÊ your 'cargo on board, and fail for Europe in the early
part o f the fprkig. Thus we Ihall cherilh the Hope I of; your fafei
return fobii'aftéîr the Succeeding midfummer. i n the mean time ypu:
w ill dbübtlefs embrace y whatèvér opportunities oceux..of writing
to, us. either "from Rio de"'Janeiro, or * by -the, firft Ihip yjjhiclrfails
from Canton“;* in d ’ let your dilpatbhès? be addreflèd to Mr/Jofeph
Hardcaftle,' o f London.
We have now only to commend you to.the all-fufficient. care and
protection of Him who holds the winds in his fift, and the waters
in the hollow o f his hand. The: throne Mof, mercy wiïl be addreiïed
with Unceafing Implications in behalf qf yoinr fifety/ and thefub-
cefs of your embafly. You are accompanied by the affectionate efteem
of the excellent of the earth; and miniftóngjfpirftSi we truft, will
receive the welcome charge to Convoy ybhin fafetyito the; place ó f
your deftination. May they be glad fpeCtators atf
of a Chriftian temple in .thefe heathen landg, and thiis be furnilhed
with the fubjeCt of a new' long to Him that fittcth upon the throne,
and to the Lamb 1
Signed by order of the Directors,
J ohn L ove, Secretary.