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Letter from Christopher Smith to Matthew Flinders (FLI01) Page 13


Botany Bay frequently touch at Amboyna
therefore, lose no opportunity of writing me
for I certainly I will be either at the Spice
Islands or Prince Wales Island; and they
never paƒs the latter place, without
touching. Your old ship mate Mr
Moor arrived at Amboyna before I left
it, he was first Lieut of ^ the Hobart Sloop
of war, an old Tub that was falling
to pieces, commanded by Captn Ballard.
      Hearing that ^ Mr Moor was Master of the
Reliance, you ^ will naturally suppose that
I made some inquiries about you, but
I plainly saw that you were not a favo-
rite of his, therefore I did not trouble him
more. He is a violent Republican &
I


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Banks, Sir Joseph
Campbell, Robert
Smith, Christopher
Paterson, Lieutenant Colonel William
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Places
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Vessels
Reliance
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Words and phrases
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