Letter from Rear-Adm. Sir Samuel Hood to General Jacob de Budé, remarking on the character of Sir George Rodney and his willingness to serve under him, reporting on his journey to join Rodney and the British fleet at Barbados, and on his fears if the French fleet should move from Martinique before the British ships are properly watered, commenting on the accusations that have been levelled at him and reported in English newspapers, regarding events on 5 September, and reporting on the location of the French fleet.
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and though I have great reason to fear from his unsteadiness, and versatile turn of mind, acting upon no fixed, and well digested plan, that he will often fall short of that attention, it is no only proper, but his interest, to carry towards me, I will on no occasion be wanting in the most respectfull and minute attention towards him — and I cannot better prove what my sentiments really are; than by giving you verbatim, what I wrote to a friend, two days agoe, upon a supposition some vessel might be suddenly dispatched to England; “How my dear Sir, ,, could you entertain a thought, that I should be ,, dissatisfied, and apply to go home, upon the return ,, of Sir George Rodney, what you suggest astonishes ,, me much, it is a measure I could not have the ,, shadow of pretence for, I trusted you had known me ,, better. Being almost the Youngest flag officer in His ,, Majesty’s Navy, how could I imagine, a fleet of ,, that vast magnitude, which must be employed in ,, these Seas, would be placed under my direction [[catchword]] be [[/catchword]]
