hogs here, and thefe were chiefly brought from Attoui : however, l/®6*
as our people are pretty well recovered, and every neceflary bufinefs <—
on board the Ihips compleated, we Ihall Iofe no time in the profe-
cution o f our voyage; but get to fea as foon as poflible. Thou
mayeft depend on a farther continuation the earlieft opportunity;
from-
W - B..
Sandwich I slands, "f ,
-12th June. J
L E T T E R XV.
r n H O U mayeft fee by the place from which this is dated, that
X we at laft are arrived at the bufy fcene of aftion, and perhaps
thou wilt infer, at the fummit of our hopes, wifhes, and
expectations 5 but have a little patience, my good friend, and thou
wilt perceive, that “ all is not gold that glitters-”
I informed thee at the conclufion of my laft, that we were getting
ready for fea with all expedition, our atttention being as invariably
fixed on the American Coaft, as the needle is to the North.
Haying procured as many hogs as our time would permit, together
with an excellent ftock of yams, we weighed anchor on the 13th of
June, at ten' in the forenoon, and made fail, Branding to the North-
Weft, with moderate breezes, and fine weather.
As it is probable we {hall touch at Sandwich Illands, perhaps-
more than once during the courfe of our voyage, I {hall defer giving
thee any further account of them at prefent, as in that café I
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