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cliantman, I fliould have felt enough at home 

 to have demanded all we required, but, from, 

 tiot having, before, been paffengers on board a 

 fhip of war, Cleghorn, Mafter, and myfelf 

 were quite at a lofs how to proceed. For- 

 tunately Henderfon is more au fait to thefe^ 

 fubjeds, and from underftanding the neceffarjr 

 etiquette, kindly took upon himfelf the tafk 

 of meliorating our condition. Having ap- 

 plied, with all due ceremony, to the Governor 

 of our ocean caftle,hefoon fucceeded in bring- 

 ing one of the lieutenants to our aid; who, 

 very obligingly, gave immediate diredions 

 for bettering our fituation, and it was gra- 

 tifying, beyond all the advantages of per- 

 fonal accommodation, to obferve with what 

 promptitude his orders were put into exe- 

 cution. The packages, and other incom- 

 moding lumber, were quickly removed ; and 

 a canvafs partition was put up to divide the 

 ward-room into two feparate apartments ; al- 

 lotting to us that on the ftarboard fide. Four 

 cots were flung, in a row, over the cannon, 

 and inclofed with another canvafs running, 

 parallel with the former, throughout the whole 

 length of the ward-room. This formed a 



