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pouring melted gold in his mouth. It would have been 
very eaiy, fince they were fo inclinable to flay with 
us, to have taken one or two, and to have brought 
them as far as this place; we might have fent them 
back by our ftorefhip, who came back this way, about 
a month after r during this time, by ufing of them 
well, we might have got their confidence and friend- 
ihip, and have learnt fome particulars of their coun- 
try, which could not but have proved beneficial to 
our country. You may depend on the veracity 
of the above account, and that I. am, with great 
fincerity, 
S I R, 
Your moft obedient and: 
moft humble fervant. 
Ph. Carteret. 
N. B. This is the copy of the letter I had fent 
you from Port Famine, by the return of our 
flore-fhip, which you told me the other day you 
never received, and muft have been lof^ 
April 20, 1769.. 
HI. A 
