credit equal to thefe, b u t not fo r ic h ; it is Pint and Cot.
It w ill always be your intereft, i f more than one fliip comes,,
to addrefs yourfelves-to feparate houfes, for by this means
you will be fooner difpatched,have more friends,, leis riik „
and more, intelligence.
“ As I have no view in this but you r advantage, fo I w ill'
not take upon myfelf to anfwer for any coafequences. You;
know what Turks are. I never faw one o f them to be
trailed in- money affairs. You muft keep- your eyes open,,
and deal'for ready money. You will, however, be much fa—
fer, be better ufed, have better markets, and be fooner dif-
patched ;. and.if. any o f yopr cargo remains unfold, you may
leave it here in great fecurity, with a certainty o f its felling’;
in winter ; and the money w ill be either remitted to-
England, or ready, for. you. here at your return, as you d i -
ref!.
“ Cairo-is in lat. 30‘ a' 45" ; two days and a Half eafy
journey from it is Suez, in lat. 29° 57' 15". Ras Mahomet;,
the Cape that forms the eallem fhore o f the entrance into-
the G u lf o f Suez, is in lat.. ay“' 54' 10". You ihould make,
this Cape while it bears N-. E. or N„ E. by E. at- fartheft,,
for farther eall is the entrance o f a gulfi which has ofteni
been miftaken for that o f Suez.- Laftly, Tor, the firft inha+-
bited pl3.ce after palling the Cape, is in lat. 28* 12' 4 " ; here:
you may have provifions, water, and a pilot.
T here are no Engliih merchants at Cairo ; but there’
comes, from time to time, a wandering fort o f iharpers ;
under that name, either; from Mahon, the Gieek illands, orr
a. Leghorn 4;
Eeghorn; and after an eftablilhment o f one year, break and
difappe-ar. Be careful o f having any thing to do with thefe;
for they w ill either rob you themfelves, o r betray you to the’
government, or both. There is no fafety but with the-
three, French and one Italian houf=> before mentioned. It
you addrefs yourfelf to the government, in your affairs o f
tariffs and firmans, you may do it through means o f the
Venetian conful, immediately upon your arrival, putting,
yourfelves under his proteflion. He is a man o f honour and-
credit, and is a colonel in. the fervice o f his Hate. Let him-
fend you the tariff o f the Bey before you come to Cairo,,
or land an ounce o f cargp, and you w ill fatisfy him for
his trouble. He does not trade, but is very well-affeCted-
to our nation, .and, there is no eonful here but the French-
and Venetian.
-«« lN a Word, Gentlemen, I have"feen your trade to Jidda, ,
and it is a ruinous one, and the.fhemffe, now poor and-
hungry, vVill every day rob you more and more. After
the fealing up the houfe, and exafting part o f the effe&s o f
the captains who died at Jidda, there is no fafety fo ryou but
either at Mocha-or-Suez..
I ani always,.
G e h t l e m e n ; •
Your moil obedient and moft humble ferv'.
JAMES BRUCE.” '
« <f0 Captain Thornhill o f the B e n ga
l Merch1, Captain Thomas
Price of the Lion, or any other of
the Engliih vejjfels trading to ]\&.-
d a ” I ' . _ _