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Hamburgh. Octr 9th.
I arrived here about 2 o'Clock and as soon as I could
get myself dressed which was not till 5 I went to
Mr Hanbury's The whole family was in the country
at their house 2 or 3 miles from the Town. I was rejoied
to see my trunk and to find your letters. The shortest
and oldest date I read before I left the house as likewise
one from Mr Lindgren. The others I have am now
going to treat myself with and shall have taken
a fresh sheet of paper not to write down any thing which
may recur at the instant of reading them. I have
scarcely any thing for 2 or 3 days for my stomach has
been much out of order but I now better and have got
some coffee & bread & butter which is the first and shall
be the last I eat to day. Now I am going to enjoy myself:
I drink one dish and then to the letters.
Yes the Dutch are in a miserable plight - it is not for
the service they would be to us in supplying us with their
squadron that the demand was made. Sr Josh Y said
so. The making the demand seems to have been by Sr
Jes's adviser, indeed he as much as told me so.
John May has given me a little pamphlet of a description
of experiments he made with the Carronades. He appears
to have been consulted in these too. He shewd me a
letter from the commanding Officer at Woolwich War
about them. Government have ordered 1600 of them of
18, 24, & 32 Pounders. May told me also of the complaint
for the powder. Holland is making powder at this present
time I believe for England France & Spain.
your bad eyes are your excuse for bad writing, mine is
that my silver pen is bad and I have not set about to
mend it and besides it is at odd times and under many
difficulties that I usually write to you.
In looking over the very short journal I have kept while
at Amsterdam you would find 2 or perhaps 3 idle days
spent in eating & drinking with people from whom no
information or none to signify could be obtained or
where ladies the company of some lady was the chief
inducement. To spend a whole day in this manner to be
sure I do not like at all but that is an inconvenience
attending the having so many letters of introduction.
comfort yourself however with the thoughts that out of the
21 days I spent at Amsterdam some part or other of
13 of them I spent with one of the May's.
Mr Henderen spent 2 whole mornings in attending me
to the East India company's Yard and taking me to
a private Shipbuilder's besides the greatit part of another
in which he took me to the house of one of the Officer's
in the public Yard.
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Samuel Bentham |
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