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" upon me : I will therefore never betray 
" them. My houfe, my table, and every af- 
" fiftance I can give, are at yOur fervice. 
" Refame your courage ; make new prepa- 
" rations ; return to your original plan ; and 
*' delay not to begin your intended travels, 
by waiting for uncertain accounts from 
Europe, I will fupply you with whatever 
" is neceffary for all your exigencies. Ac- 
" cept my offer — mufl and ^ I will have 
« it fo." 
In fuch alFe£i;Ing language did this man of 
fenfibility addrefs me. A refufal would have 
hurt him too much ; and I accepted his kind 
offer. To this generous friend, therefore, was I 
indebted for the ineftimable advantage of being 
able to begin my preparations for this expe- 
dition, to which I had long looked forward 
with pleafure, and to make provifion for the 
ruinous expence with which it was likely to 
be attended. I cannot refled: upon his kind- 
nefs without pleafure ; and I muft ever en- 
tertain a grateful remembrance of it. With 
the like fenfations I recal to view what Mr. 
Hacker, the lieutenant-governor, did for me, 
at the diiTerent times when I vifited the Cape ; 
and 
