260 TlMEHRl. 
give occasion to misinterpretations as to the activity or 
zeal of those you confide in. You know by your own 
experience the difficulties of various sorts, which cannot 
but attend an affair of this nature, where so many 
different private interests jar and obstruct the best 
measures. 
Captain DOUGLAS goes on the expedition as Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel. He is the second person. Many reasons 
there were for his not being the first ; and I have con- 
vinced him of the solidity of them. 
Time and patience will do a great deal in this affair. 
And what has happened at Berbice must necessarily 
open people's eyes, as it really does, as to what is 
absolutely necessary for the preservation of all the 
colonies on that coast, which many now seem convinced 
of, who had no notion of it before. I am fully convinced 
of the great service done by your father in sending timely 
and sufficient succour to Demerary, and of the great 
obligation due to him on that account ; and I heartily 
wish I may be seconded in my endeavours of acknow- 
ledging to him the importance of this service. I desire 
my most sincere compliments to him, and that you should 
assure him of my greatest esteem. 
Gedney Clarke, Senr., to Count Bentinck. Barbados, Deer. 28,1763. 
I some time ago received the letter that you did me 
the honour to write me, on the 3rd June ; and also, a 
copy of that, of the 28th of the same month that you 
desired my son to send me. 
I am obliged to you Sir, for the good opinion you 
entertain of me, and for the liberty you have allowed me 
to take in writing to you at all times when I may think 
proper. 
