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last at Alleppo with a design to penetrate in the assumed character of
Naturalists & Botanists by the way of Bagdad through Persia into India. We
recommend to you to exist ovory means in your power to procure information
as to the vent these persons may have taken and to endeavour should oppor-
tunity offer to secure their persons or papers or those of the Abbe Boauohamp
or of aMonsr. De Corches or of an Englishman of the name of Humphries, who
is said to kavo accompanied the last mentioned Frenchman and in case of your
succeeding in either or all of those objects you will dispatch the parties with
their papers by the earliest safo opportunity for this place corresponding and
oo-operating in the meantime with the Resident and Factor at Bussora* and
affording them every information in your power as to what you may learn in
reference to your present instructions or to any other subject that you may
oonsider it necessary they should stand informed if relative to the public
service.
We shall hereafter reply to the subject of your several address by the
pearl and
Sir, etc.,
JONATHAN DUNCAN,
0 over nor in Cottncil.
Bombay Castle ;
The let July 1796.

CCLIII.
Instructions for Lieutenant Skinner, dated 1st July 1796.
Order* for m oaring
theporeons of any You will proceed to the Post of Muscat where on your arrival you will
Frenohmen at deliver the accompanying letters to the Culphan or Governor of Muscat to his
Haeket.
own address, and that of the Imaum, as well as to the English Broker, thro*
whom and otherwise by all such means as may be in your power you are to
make enquiry whether any Frenchman be at Muscat or within its limits, and
if so endeavour to ascertain on what footing they are there settled, and if the
Culphan or Governor shall commit any such persons to your charge, you will
receive them on board and proceed to Bussora, where you will of course put
yourself under the orders of the Resident of that Factory should there be no
Frenchmen at Muscat on your arrival there or should the Culphan or Governor
decline to deliver up the persons and papers of any such as you may find there
you will after ascertaining these points, prosecute without delay your voyage
as above directed, and be guided by the Resident and Faotors instructions as
to your return.
The Broker has received instructions to make any necessary advance of
casli to you, but it is not expected that you will require any unless you should
find it useful and necessary to offer any pecuniary gratification to the Culphan
or Governor of Muscat to induce him to deliver up to you any Frenchmen
who may be there with their papers in whioh case we trust your description,
to let him have to the value and to draw accordingly from one to two or three
thousand Rupees for any Frenchmen with his papers who may be settled at
Muscat and should you find the Mons. De Corches or Mr. Humphries as
Englishman notorious character who was to have accompanied him from
Europe on his way via Muscat to the Isle of France or the Abbe Beauohamp