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 indebted for my liberty to the pirited conduct of the Court of Great-Britain, as oon as it was officially informed of the inult offered to her colours, of the piracy committed on her merchants, and the cruelty exercied towards her ubjects.

I now returned to Nootka, in the only veel which remained to me; and, after uffering incredible hardhips from a want of proviions, and the hip getting everal times on hore, I procured another valuable cargo of furs and proceeded to China. A prohibition, however, of the ale of thee articles, having taken place at that port during my abence, I did not remain there, but, in a hort time, et ail, and, at the requet of thoe gentlemen who were joint agents with me, coated for a market to the Wet ide of Japan, and Eatide of Corea; a coat which had never before been viited by an European veel. Here an encouraging propect of a new and valuable commerce for my country unfolded