To
Sir Philip Stephens, Bart.
one of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
Member of Parliament for Sandwich,
F. R. S. &c. &c. &c.
Sir,
In dedicating to you the voyage, which is the ſubject of the following pages, my gratification would indeed be ſincere, (did the work poſſeſs an importance which might fully claim your regard:) humble, however, as it's
