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K^7' ern bemifphere; and alfo to fuch as fliall fiift penetrate be- 

 yond the b'Qth degree of Northern latitude. I made no 

 doubt, I told them, that I fliould find them \villing to 

 co-operate with me in attempting, as far as might be pof- 

 fiblc, to become intitlcd to one or both thcfe rewards ; bur, 

 that to give us the bell chance of fucceeding, it would be 

 ncccIFary to obferve the utmoft oeconomy in the expenditure 

 ot' our llqres and provifions, particularly the latter, as there 

 was no probability of getting a fupply, any where, after 

 leaving thefc iflands. 1 Itrengthened my argument by re- 

 minding them, that our voyage mufl laft at leaft a year 

 longer than had been originally fuppofed, by our having 

 already loft the opportunity of getting to the North this 

 funuiicr. 1 begged them to confider the various obllruc- 

 tions and dilficulties we might ftill meet with, and tl-e ag- 

 gravated hardfliips they would labour under, if it Ihould 

 be found nccefTary to put them to fliort allowance, of any 

 fpecies of provifions, in a cold climate. For thefe very fub- 

 flaniial reafons, I fubmitted to them, whether it would not 

 be better to be prudent in time, and rather than to run the 

 rifk of having no fpirits left, when fuch a cordial would 

 be moft wanted, to confcnt to be without their grog now, 

 when we had fo excellent a liquor as that of cocoa-nuts to 

 fubfli(ute in its place; but that, after all, I left the deter- 

 mination entirely to their own choice. 



1 had the fatisfa(5lion to find, that this propofal did not 

 remain a Cnglc moment under confideration ; being unani- 

 moully approved of, immediately, without any objetflion. 

 I ordered Captain Gierke to make the fame propofal to his 

 people ; which they alfo agreed to. Accordingly, we flop- 

 ped fcrving grog, except on Saturday nights j when the 



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