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as much confusion then as it had been for many years the Spabaun was then
in the hands of Careen Caun’s brother independent of any other person, Ghelam
Musbat and Kirmoonshaw the Fabreze and Carasoon Countries and indeed
all Persia in genoral was divided under the jurisdiction of different Cauns
who had taken possession of all the strong Forts and Cities of importance
throughout the.Kingdom—That it was true the Hot Countries were kept tolera­
bly quiet under Nasscir Caun upon whoso friendship their safety there entirely
depended and in case of his death there was no other Person in proper Auth­
ority to keep tho soldiers and petty Governours under due command, who !
imagined tho European Factories there to be immensely rich, and that great '
Treasures were to bo obtained by tho plunder of them, so that it was not I
to be doubted they would bind all their force towards them at such a junoturc
especially if they knew they had no means of escaping or securing their
valuable effects by means of Shipping, however they had no Cause to be under
any apprehensions of Danger for that or any such like accidents so long as
a Vessel of Force remained upon that station, which they begged leave to
assure us, was quite necessary until the Kingdom was settled. That the
sea had of late years gainod considerably upon the lands about Gombroon tT°on-
which occasioned the surf to break with greater force than usual against tho
factory wharf at the time of the spring tides, whereby the stones were in
many places quite washed away and the whole shaken in suoh a manner
that a thorough repair was absolutely necessary to prevent its falling into
ruins in which as well as all other expenses we might be assured of their
utmost care and frugality. That upon the Bose Galley Alexander Douglas
Near,, came to take charge of that Agency which was delivered over to 4-leia,nd®!~Do?BlM»
1, 0 . . , Agent at.Gombroon.
him, and the lion ble Company s cash on oounting turned out exactly
right. The remains in warehouse and acoounts of dead stock, etc., were also
examined shortly after and proved agreeable to the General Books allowing
for what was aotually expended and worn out last year and omitted to be
wrote off, excepting the following particulars, tabbies and sattins Per Boscawen
each two pieces, one silver inkstandish, twenty nine and a half guz of cut
cloth and 17 old iron guns. The former four articles Mr. Wood assured
them were never delivered into his charge neither had he seen them in the
factory since his arrival and as he suffered considerably on making up a
deficiency of old remains as would appear from Journal Y. Y. Folio 32 under
the 31st July 1761, tho* they were missing a long time before he came to
Gombroon and the warehouses were entirely empty when he arrived upon the
Drake he hoped we would not deem him answerable for the above articles.
That as to the old Guns he recollected that in July 1750 the Agent and Council
intending to dispatch the Drake for Bombay ordered 17 useless guns to be
returned upon her, and they were accordingly sent on board but on account of
the Lhorrs plundering Spahaun, and troubles breaking out in different parts of
the country about that time she was detained at Gombroon for about 12 months
afterwards and the guns remaining all that while in her hole were quite for­
gotten and of course not taken notice of in their accounts or advices to us.
That this transaction also appeared in their Inventory Book as Mr. Wood had
related it from thence they had drawn out an Account particulars of them
which the inclosed under No. 4>. That Messrs. William Sedgwioke and John
Parsons came to the assistance of that Agency by the Neptune, as did
Mr. Richard Seeker from An jingo upon tho JBoneta Ketoh but Mr. Sedgwicke
was taken ill of a nervous fever and fits shortly after his arrival and died tho