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sinking, and will keep her a float in all weather with all
her cargo. order directly upon the receit of this some of your
people to quilt a large sail with cork. Wrap up the boat
in the sail, and then you may defy the fury of the waves.
you understand me, you are to use this sail in the same
manner as they use sometimes a common one to stop a
leak. the Endeavour had recourse to that expedient upon
the coast of New Zealand.
Don't neglect my advice: and remember that if phlogisticated
air is bad, hidrosticated air is worse, if you
take once a full gulp of it, it will be over with you
Lincoln's Inn. 19 7ber 1774
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