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BUILDERS OF GREATER BRITAIN
of the trouble you have had in this business, for which at present I can only thank you; but at a future period, when this country feels the advantages that are to be drawn from our intended settlement, you will enjoy a satisfaction that will, I am sure, make you ample amends.'
On the 12th of May the fleet passed the Needles and began its long voyage.
