Fate of Sir Cloudejly Shovel^ ^c. fince which Time 
(from the Numbers of. Workmen I have employed, 
the various Alterations I have made, and the great 
Variety of Experiments carried on at my own folc 
Cofl: and Charges) I have been at no fmall. Ex- 
pence ; infomuch that my Eftate has felt the Weight 
thereof. However^ it is fome Satisfad;ion to mcj 
that I have brought it to the Pitch it is now at, 
where I cou"d vvifli to fee the Publick take it up^ 
and have it tried by competent Judges againft the 
the Errors of which I have amply fet forth 
in a former Difeourfe. This, methinks, is what 
I might realbnably hope for, ilnce, as I fet out 
with honefl: Views, in a praife-worthy Undertaking, 
I ought (to ufe the Words of a confiderable Author 
on this Head ) to meet with AlTillance in the Be- 
ginning, with Encouragement if I iucceed, and even 
with Pity, if not Praife, although I iliould fail. 
I am well aware, he who decries an old 
Cujlom^ feldom meets with Succefs^ even though 
what he advances, againft it may be very reafona- 
hie. This' feems to be the Cafe between the Ma- 
rine Surveyor and the Log ; for the latter having 
been long in Ufe amongft the Seamen, it may be 
with Difficulty the former will be received ; which 
probably I may not live to lee, llnce, as I am now 
bending beneath the Weight of Age and many In- 
firmities, I cannot be far off bidding Adieu to the 
Things of this World \ and when I lhall make my 
Exit from it, God grant fome happy Genius may . 
raife a good Strudure on the Ground-work which 
I have here marked out : And I am the more ear- 
neft in this Willi, becaufc I am firmly of Opinion, 
that 
