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*' veftigation thefe fix weeks ; nor have I ceafed 

 fubmidively, to folicit that it may be brought 

 on. But fince Enfign Prater has publifhed, 

 through the channel of your paper, a ftate- 

 ment prejudicial to me, and fince you cannot 

 publifli the relation of fads, to which I fur- 



** nifh vouchers*, do me the favour to alk that 

 gentleman ("who feems fo well acquainted 

 with the particulars of the mutiny,) who it 





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" was that, abfent from his cabin in the mo- 



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ment of the mutiny, and miffing for feveral 

 hours after the affray was over, was found 

 concealed in the fore-part of the fliip, where 

 *' the women convidls were confi-ned ? and, who 

 ** fought for fiielter underneath the bed of the 

 ** furgeon ? 



Mr. Prater, on the fcore of Commodore 

 Hancorne, is fo far correcft, that that truly 

 refpedlable and amiable charader did render 

 *' me rnany fervices in Brazil, and did refufe to 

 ** receive his vifits : it is true the Commodore 



* " The relation of faBs here referred to was refufed infer- 



*' tion, not from any doubt of its correftnefsj for in fupport 



*' of it we were referred to gentlemen vvhofe reputations are 



" un'uUied, viz. Mr. Black, the Puifer, Mr. Fyfe, the Sur- 



*' geon, Mr. Murchifon, the Second Mate, and Mr. Lewes, 



*' the Steward ; but becaufe in the prcfent ilate of the buli- 



*' nefs we thought feme parts of it unfeafonable, and there- 



** fore likely to be deemed libellous. 



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