"MY L0RD,

"His Imperial Majesty has been pleased to bestow on Dr. Buffa manypresents, consisting of horses, mules, &c. &c. and entertains a greatregard for him on account of the good he has done in Barbary; my RoyalMaster has also been graciously pleased to give him a letter to theKing of England, intreating that the Doctor be permitted to attend theEmperor occasionally, and to reside for the future, for that service,at Tangiers or Gibraltar.