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Daedalus or to send some other Vessel to him with the remainder of those supplies & any others which he may be able to furnish to such Rendezvous as Captain Vancouver may think fir to appoint.
I inclose to Your Lordships herewith a Sketch of the Coast of America extending from Nootka down to the Latitude 47º " 30" (including the inlet or Gulph of Juan de Fuca referred to in my former dispatch - the surveys from which this Sketch was compiled are said to hav been made by one of the Ships under M. de Martinez in the year 1790, and will probably be found to be of use on the intended expedition - This Sketch was obtained by Lord St Helens from Count Florida Blanca, and I have the satisfaction of informing Your Lordships that from the declarations which have lately been made by that Minister, there appears to be the strongest disposition