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consequence of not following it up, it may be proper to 

 give 5ome account of the things needful to be provided 

 by any person undertaking this voyage, and of the expenses 

 which would be incurred by the necessary preparations. 



List of Necessaries and of the Expenses of this Voyage, 



In the first place there must be provided three ships ; the 

 principal vessel of one hundred and fifty tons burden, and the? 

 other two each one hundred, and these must be constructed 

 with certain divisions in the hold, according to a plan which 

 shall be given in due time. By this contrivance a vessel ma^ 

 be preserved from sinking even though a leak should spring; 

 in her bottom, because that division alone would be filled 

 with water in which the damage occurred, and not any of 

 the others, as the partitions would all be caulked ; and even 

 supposing the vessel should receive some damage between 

 wind and water, the water will run out again at the same 

 place in which it entered, as I am convinced of, by the ex- 

 perience of the ship in which 1 made this voyage. These 

 ships should be cross-ribbed and lined with lead, having many 

 jknees and bolts, the heads of which must be closely let 

 into the wood. The lower part of these vessels should be 

 flat and well ballasted : being constructed in this manner, 

 any one of the vessels will lie close to the wind and safe 

 though situated near a lee shore, which is the greatest 

 danger in which a ship can be placed ; for these ships are 

 very weatherly, and will lie within five points of the compass ; 

 and if by mischance they should happen to run aground on 

 6ome sand-bank, which might happen in sailing through 

 unknown seas, they would be got olF with more ease than 

 ordinary vessels ; from having their bottoms flat they would 

 not upset, and might hope for assistance from their com- 

 panions in the open sea. It would be proper likewise to 

 carry out two boats, one of them completely equipped, 

 and the other capable of being so in case of necessity, iu 



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