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and that he was disinterested as I might suppose having never seen him before, & that on that accot I ought to believe wt he sd

& he shewd a Certif from Mr. Mc Donald giving him a good char for having conducted some boats from Patna. I told him I was not sure he was the pson mentioned in that certificate but that I wod hear wt he had to say, and as he had sd that I must be secret