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" Southward, to call for me on his return. 

 " Such a delay was the more necclTary for me, 

 that when I cftablilhed myfelf at Tangiers, 

 fuppofing I Ihould find myfelf obliged to re-^ 

 " main there at leall for fome months, 1 had 

 ** contraded fome fmall obligations in fitting 

 up a houfe, which I was not able immedi- 

 ately to difcharge. His Excellency removed 

 thefe obftacles ; his Majefty's Ihip Petterell 

 foon afterwards appeared in the bay, made 

 the fignal agreed on between her Commander 

 and myfelf, and I embarked for Gibraltar, 

 where I had the fatisfacftion to find that my 

 condud: met the approbation of the Governor 

 " and Admiral. To the humanity and libe- 

 rality of Earl St. Vincent, and thofe invin- 

 cible heroes by whom he is furrounded, I 

 " am indebted for an inexhauftible fund of con- 

 " folation. 



Committed to the charge of Captain Black- 

 wood, by his Majefty's Envoy at Lifbon, I 

 have at length reached this port ; and after 

 " having well weighed every ad of mine iince 

 " I left thefe fhores ; after calling to my recol- 

 ** ledion that it muft be known to your Grace 

 *^ that my condud has been approved of by 

 ** every refpedable charader in the fervice 

 " of the Britifh crown, in whofe way dame 

 _" Fortune has toffed me. After its being efta- 



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