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to you ; you mud have obferved from my let- 

 ters, what difagreeable fituations I have been 

 in, for difapproving of the immenfe abufe of 

 authority, and for ilriving to go againfl: the cur- 

 rent. I aflced leave to return to Europe in neu- 

 tral veflels, which the governor always refufed 

 to grant under various pretences, forcing me af- 

 terwards to go in a merchant-fhip, in which I 

 have been expofed to perifh as you have ^ttn 

 above. 



As to rewards, is it not enough for a citizen 

 to have been faithful to his king, and ufeful to 

 his country ? It is merely from this confidera- 

 tion, that I will hope that our equitable and wife 

 prime-minifter, will have the kindnefs to ac- 

 quaint the bed of kings with the zeal of an offi- 

 cer, who has had the honour and fatisfadlion to 

 ierve him well both in Europe and in America ♦, I 

 fhall, with a refpe61:ful confidence, expedb the 

 honourable rewards 'due to military merit : and 

 thefe comipenfations from the hand of our mo- 

 narch, will be a thoufand times more precious 

 to me than all the riches of the Indies. I ex- 

 ped: to have the honour of feeing you foon, and 

 am, SIR, &c. 

 At Corunna^ the loth of 

 November 1762. 



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