possibly think of, the Ships course this evening is on a parellel with a line drawn from Ushant on the coast of France to Cape Finistere to clear the latter seventy miles I have this evening made friends with the Chief Mate he has promised to lend me his pricking Chart to take a Tracing and then transfer it to another sheet of paper the object being to keep the Ships Course, Oh! My dear Uncle your ideas as to large Ships not being affected by the Sea is most erroneous we are now being tossed about like a Cockle Shell I am quite satisfied the great