Letter [?] from Rear-Adm. Lord Hood to General Jacob de Budé expressing his dissatisfaction at Capt. Napier being attached to Prince William on the Barfleur and at the general procedure which has been followed for his mathematics education in view of some knowledge which he lacks, and reporting on some of the training the Prince is now having.
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[[underline]] most Secret [[/underline]] Indeed my dear General I am very unhappy and sorry Admiral Digby was so much mistaken, as to embark Capt N: with the Barfleur It would I am confident have been far better, for Prince William, to have left every old acquaintance behind, and to have had new connections to make. The Mode that has been practiced in teaching P:W: the Mathematics without the use of scale & compasses, I cannot approve for I do assure you H:R:H does not know a [[underline]] sign [[/underline]] for a [[underline]] Tangent [[/underline]] and entirely owing to the injudicious manner in which he has been instructed — a seaman should not only know the rate by which a figure is done, but should [[underline]] practice [[/underline]] it, which makes an impression—I have [[catchword]] been [[/catchword]]
