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I had rejected by the alternative of refusing the voyage it is necessary room not the accomodation of Luxury that I contend for I am now offerd a Cabbin which when the tumbling in of the side is substracted will be only [space] feet by [space] in it not only me & my people but Captn Cooke & his assistants are to Carry on all their writing drawings in the same room we are to eat & two at least to sleep
neither Dr Solander nor myself are to be allowd the least place of retirement in case of sickness nor are we to have room to put a single Bureau # or any part of the many Books necessary for our studies the number of which now on board is by no means inconsiderable unless we make this small room still less by crowding them into it
in the Endeavour the Ship in which we performd the last voyage we had a Cabbin of [space] feet by [space] & a place of retirement of which just held a few Books & our papers then we had but three assistants