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without suffering myself to controvert This opinion of the navy board
"that the ship will be very fit for sea" although many seamen concur with [end of line obscured] in doubting it I must [end of line obscured ] allowed to say that th[obscured]
will then be if not abs[obscured] incapable at least [obscured] unfit for the intended [obscured]
in expeditions [ of ] nature the health & accomod-ations of the people are Essential to success when sickness or discontent are once introduced it will be absolutely impossible we have
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