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so long a Voyage, would lumber it up so much that the intention of giving me such a good one might be entirely destroyed;
I therefore waited on Capt. Vancouverer the day we left Spithead, and situated as I was, submitted the whole business to his own decision (Tho' I well knew, it would fall heavy upon me unless the Treasury would bear a part;) In consequence of this I am admitted into the Gun-room Mess on being considered as a member of it from its first establishment & paying an equal share towards it, that is I paid £20 to the former Mess without receiving the least indulgence for it - and £70 to the present Mess before I lived a day in it, which is an equal from its first commencement & for the present supplies laid in, for the voyage. As