VI 
I have not pressed my Journal on you; it has been 
extorted from me ; and if it should not meet your ex¬ 
pectation as to style, I hope facts will amply compen¬ 
sate you for your disappointment, If you admit this 
only, I will follow the practice of other navigators, and 
endeavour to find some friend who shall so ornament it 
for a second edition, as to put all cause of complaint 
out of the question,, 
D. PORTER* 
