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I should mutch rather take the Command of a small Vessel on that Expedition, as my Curiosity is not yet fully Satisfied -
If it be true that you are going on that Voyage, as I cannot rely on the publick peapers , I shall take it as a singular favour, if you will advise me in Course, that I may apply in time, If I am allowed proper Instruments with time and oportunity, I can Survey and plan any place with the greatest Exactness, and I can take any observation by Sun Moon or Mars, that is yet thought necessary -
I hope you found the observation of the Eclipse, that I took at King George the thirds Island, [indecipherable] very Exact - Were my Circumstances as good as they have been, I could willingly come and see you without any other Errand, as I am certain your discoverys must have been very great, as I well know one of your Noble turn of mind would not stick at every trifling Danger, where there was the least probability of making any kind of Discoverys, that could be of the least use to your King and Country, or to Mankind in General, you Appear to me to be A Gentlemen Born
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