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>776. On the loth, the Commiffioncr and Pay Clerks came on 



«^^ — . — -' board, and paid the officers and crew up to the 30th of laft 

 month. The petty officers and feamen had, bcfides, two 

 months wages in advance. Such indulgence to the latter, is 

 no more than what is cuftomary in the navy. But the pay- 

 ment of what was due to the fuperior officers was humanely 

 ordered by the Admiralty, in confideration of our peculiar 

 fituation, that we might be better able to defray the very 

 great expence of furnifhing ourfelves with a (lock of necef- 

 faries for a voyage which, probably, would be of unufual 

 duration, and to regions where no fupply could be expetfted. 



Nothing now obftrucTring. my departure but a contrary 

 •wind, which blew ftrong at South Weft, in the morning of 



Thurfdayn. the iith, I delivered into the hands of Mr. Burney, iirfl 

 Lieutenant of the Difcovery, Captain Clerke's failing orders j 

 a copy of which I alfo left with the Officer * com.manding 

 his Majefty's fhips at Plymouth, to be delivered to the Cap- 

 tain immediately on his arrival. In the afternoon, the wind 

 moderating, we weighed with the ebb, and got farther out, 

 beyond all the (hipping in the Sound ; where, after making 

 an tmfuccefsful attempt to get to fea, we were detained 



Friday 12, moft of the following day, which was employed in receiv- 

 ing on board a fupply of water; and, by the fame veiTel 

 that brought it, all the empty cafks were returned. 



As I did not imagine my flay at Plymouth would have 

 been fo long as it proved, we did not get aur inftruments on 

 fliore to make the neceffiiry obfervations for afcertaining the 

 longitude by the watch. For the fame reafon, Mr. Baily 

 did not fet about this, till he found that the Difcovery would, 



* Captain Le Crafs, Admiral Amherft having ftruck his flag fomedays before 



4 ' probably. 



