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trial will soon shew — Perhaps though it should not at first it
may at last — At any rate it can scarce fail to be of use
for Inland Navigation — We shall know as soon as rivers are open
What it is worth — If it ever reaches England by sea it will be
scarcely less of a raree-show than the Air balloon — If it bears
the sea and the event demonstrates the received theories to be just
it should go near to supersede all other sorts of Vessels & it
would have the strange strangest consequences with regard to haste
& politics — It has already been tried & answered as far as it
has been tried, doing in its' infant state what no other vessels could
have done; but a regular course of experiments whereby alone can
be taken the exact measure of its' utility in comparison with others
cannot be made till the rivers are open — In the mean time the great
improvement has been hit on to which he trusts for its' bearing the sea.
He has carte blanche for the experiments & very busy a building
we are — It is foolish in me to run on in this manner but it
would have cost me more pains to stop than it was worth being at —
At any rate I have given you one, yes, two, answers among many
What might be given to the question What Sam is doing — other
inventions he has, some finished some finishing, of the mechanical kind,
which if he comes to England may perhaps form part of his cargo.
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Of the accuracy of De Tot's accounts I can tell you nothing certain.
Some said it was true — others that it was lie or exaggeration.
I had no opportunity of cross examining people — The Diplomatic
people & other ranks live very much among themselves & have
little opportunity of going knowing what is going forward among the
Turks on the other side of the harbour — The account I could
give you of the authenticity & verity of Habesci's publication would
be about equally satisfactory.

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The day has abundance more hours in it here at Crichoff
or rather at our cottage 3 miles off where I now live altogether,
than any where in England — I rise a little before the Sun,
get

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