“ At Ihgei-le'e y6ii w ill giVe him written orders to Keep
ySu company; With fueh proper fignals For day and night
as may be neceflary ; and ihould he, by ftrefs o f weather or
any other accident, part company, yon will inform him o f
your firft place o f rendezvous, Anjango and Cochin ; Ihould
he arrive firft, he muft remain till you come: Should you
arrive and finifli your bufinefs before the arrival o f the Cud-
dalore, you will wait two or three days, and then proceed to
Mocha, leaving orders for his joining you there. I f by any
accident he ihould not join you there, and you have got
pilots for Suez, you muft not lofe time, but proceed without
him, leaving h im inftrutftions to proceed on the furvey : but
ihould it fo happen that you meet with no pilots at Mocha,
and the Cuddalore ihould not arrive, we ftill recomUiend
ydur waiting at MochxaS long as you think it p ru d e h ta n d
i f you have the Suez pacquet with you, you w ill proceed to
Suez i f poffible, and endeavour fo make the iiland to thfe
S. W. o f Gape Ras Mahom’et, that you may not make any
miftake and get into the falfc g u l f : but ihould you find it
inipraiticahlc after making every prudent attempt, you will
then have a confultation w ith Mr Shaw and your officers,
artd bear away for Jidda, following the directions in youf
general inftruftions.
T h e concerned has been at an immenfe expence to
equip the veflels With additional ftofes, which in any dehor
voyage than the prefent w ould be fuperfluous, We therefore
defire (ihould your voyage terminate at Jidda) that you endeavour
to difpofe o f fucii articles o f ftores as you are ndt
in want o f ; but ihould you arrive at Suez, let them refnaih
till your return to Mocha, and there, i f you have an oppor-
‘ tunity
tunity to difpofe o f’them for the advantage o f the concefn-
edj we délire it may be done.
* S h o u l d any o f the officers be good draughts-men, we defire
you will encourage them to make draughts o f every
thing remarkable in the Red Sea, and we w ill make them an
acknowledgement for their trouble ; but we recommend
that every remark, draught, or drawing o f the palTage, may
be collefted together for the governor’s * perufal ; and we
hope you will take proper care that, on your return, northing
tranfpire till the governor’s fentiments are known.
Should Mr Shaw be obliged to ftay with the goods at Cairo,,
you are to let him keep an. officer, and any number o f
la-fcârs he may require, and that you can fpare them.
C u d b e r t T h o r n h i l l -
R o b e r t H o l f o r d .
D a v i d K j l l i c a n . ”
# Mr Haftings, here alluded to, with thefe memorandums and informations, difpatched the
Swallow packet to the Red Sea,
(Signed),
M a h o m e t .