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 of twenty-five perons, men and boys, were alo appointed; and with the advice and aitance of my kinman Mr. Binmer, firt aitant urveyor of the Navy, who had uperintended the original contruction of the loop, uch alterations were made, as, without diminihing her trength, or leening her powers of ailing, were perfectly adapted to the commercial undertaking in which he was about to be employed: o that he was equipped and ready to leave the river by the eleventh day of November, 1792. Every nautical intrument, neceary for determining the longitude and making other ueful obervations, were alo put on board and I purchaed of Mers. Enderby's one half of the hip, which mut at once have checked any apprehenion on their part, that their private concern would be interrupted or receive any detriment from the attention I might pay to uch intructions as were communicated to me by Mr. Stephens.