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until he sees the outsettlements, whither he is now gone in the Porpoise. He brought a considerable Investment with him, which was sold at public, & private Sale at an immense profit. No Man seemed to know his concerns better, and entertained the Public with his presence where he would not suffer any thing to fall to the hammer but with his approval. Such was the scarcity, that five & six hundred pr cent was given for the different Articles he brought out. The Books & apparatus he brought were lodged with the Commissary, and are at his use whenever he pleases to call for them, many can be of no general benefit here, as they are written in the German tongue, had they been otherwise some advantage might have been derived from them. The object with me will be to promote his scientific pursuits whenever he may please to consult me thereon, in his private concerns it is only my duty to protect him, which, I thank God, every man in himself seems confident of while his pursuits are chaste & honorable.